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Santa Maria--a steel-hulled, twin-screw passenger and cargo steamship--was built in 1928 at Haverton Hill-on-Tees, England, by the Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.; owned and operated by Grace Steamship Co.(Grace Lines); renamed Barnett and designated AP-11 by the Navy on 29 July 1940 in anticipation of her acquisition; purchased by the Navy on 9 August 1940; converted for naval service at Hoboken, N.J., by the Todd-Shipyards Corp.; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 25 September 1940, Capt. Lyell S. Pamperin in command.
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Santa Maria--a steel-hulled, twin-screw passenger and cargo steamship--was built in 1928 at Haverton Hill-on-Tees, [[England]], by the Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.; owned and operated by Grace Steamship Co.(Grace Lines); renamed Barnett and designated AP-11 by the Navy on 29 July 1940 in anticipation of her acquisition; purchased by the Navy on 9 August 1940; converted for naval service at Hoboken, N.J., by the Todd-Shipyards Corp.; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 25 September 1940, Capt. Lyell S. Pamperin in command.
     
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