 The American destroyer arrived on the scene and drove off the attacking U-boat, helped to extinguish the fire, and make repairs to the boat.When the convoy "Nicholson" had been escorting caught up with the pair of vessels, the "Luckenbach" joined the convoy and made it safely to Le Havre on 21 October.In 1919, the name of her owners changed to Luckenbach Steamship Co Inc.