The ship was originally built as USS "Marocain" (DE-109), an American . Ananya Vinay, 12, won the competition by successfully spelling "marocain" in the final round. "Marocain" participated in Operation Anvil-Dragoon on 15 August 1944. Stade Marocain is a Moroccan football club currently playing in the second division. After Rohan missed "marram", Ananya correctly spelled "gifblaar", and then spelled "marocain" for the win.