The ship launched as the "Harlem" on July 3, 1888, became the "Minnesota" in 1911. Originally a two stack package freighter, the ship was converted to a single stack passenger ship by the Manitoc Dry Dock Company, Manitowac, Wisconsin, in 1910-1911. She navigated the Great Lakes until 1917, then sailed along the Atlantic coast; she was abandoned in Florida in 1931.