 After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917 , El Sol was requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board ( USSB ) on behalf of the United States Army , who designated her as an animal transport ship . Although there is no information about the specific conversion of El Sol , for other ships this typically meant that any second- or third @-@ class passenger accommodations had to be ripped out and replaced with ramps and stalls for the horses and mules carried . 
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After da United States declared war on Germany in April 1917 , El Sol was requisitioned by tdaUnited States Shipping Board ( USSB ) on behalf of the United States Army , designated her as an animal transport ship . Although it ain't no information about the specific conversion of El Sol , for other ships dis typically ment that any second- or third @-@ class passenger accommodations had to be ripped out and replaced with ramps and stalls for the horses and mules carried .