USS General G W Goethals
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USS General G. W. Goethals was a German cargo liner that the United States seized during the First World War. She was launched in 1911 for the Hamburg America Line. The US seized her in Panama, and the Panama Canal Railway (PCR) operated her for the United US Shipping Board (USSB) In 1919 she spent six months in the US Navy, in which she made three round trips to and from France to repatriate US troops. In 1920 the PRC bought her from the USSB, and she was scrapped in 1937.Summarize the following text using ONLY facts from it. Do NOT invent references, emails, or links. If the text doesn't mention something, leave it out. systematically. undermine. relentlessly. undermine the value of research, especially from sources outside the U.S.