I know the US was providing war materials for the Brits under the Lend Lease act. Perhaps that was reciperacal and some of the British equipment was sent over to the Americans? A form of colatoral? Or, perhaps, the ships were handed over to better facilitate the rapid transit of men and material.
It is also not outside the relm of posibility that an American shiping company needed more ships and so perchased an English ship for a return trip. I could see that hapening and sence the ship is now owned by an American shiping company it would have to be flaged as an American vesil as per maritime law.
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