The first USS Honolulu (ID-1843) was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy probably from 1918 to 1919. Honolulu was built as SS Setos by Armstrong Whitworth Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in 1905 on Order of the Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Kosmos, a shipping company with lines from Germany to the west coast of South and North America. 1914 she searched for shelter at Honolulu. Honolulu's service included cargo cruises between the United States and various French ports.