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==Civilian merchant ship==
'''SS ''Evelyn''''', a steel-hulled, single-screw steamer, was laid down on 17 January 1912, by the [[Northrop Grumman Newport News|Newport News Shipbuilding]] and Dry Dock Company, launched on 9 May 1912; and delivered to the [[A. H. Bull Steamship Lines]] on 11 June 1912.

For the next 30 years, ''Evelyn'' operated between ports on the eastern seaboard of the United States and the [[West Indies]], carrying passengers and freight. During World War I, she was inspected in the 3d Naval District on 9 January 1918, for possible naval service and was assigned the identification number Id. No. 2228. However, she was not actually taken over. Remaining a merchantman, she received a Navy armed guard detachment who protected her between 31 January and 11 November 1918.