USS Pembina (AK-200) and other AKs moored at the west wall, Brandon Pool, Chicago, Illinois, 27 February 1945, waiting transit to New Orleans for fitting out and commissioning.
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United States | |
Name | Pembina |
Namesake | Pembina County, North Dakota |
Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2154[1] |
Builder | Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin |
Yard number | 121[1] |
Laid down | 23 June 1944 |
Launched | 14 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Elizabeth Mann |
Acquired | 9 May 1945 |
Commissioned | 25 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 26 January 1946 |
Stricken | 5 June 1946 |
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Fate | Acquired by the US War Department 26 January 1946 |
United States | |
Name | Pembina |
Operator | Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine (SCAJAP) |
Acquired | 26 January 1946 |
In service | 26 January 1946 |
Out of service | 1 July 1950 |
Fate | Returned to the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM), 1 July 1950 |
United States | |
Name | Pembina |
Operator | Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) |
In service | 1 April 1951 |
Stricken | 31 March 1958 |
Identification | Hull symbol: T-AK-200 |
Fate | Transferred to the US Army, 29 May 1968 |
United States | |
Name | Resolute |
Operator | US Army |
Acquired | 29 May 1968 |
Commissioned | 19 June 1968 |
Decommissioned | 25 January 1979 |
Renamed | 19 June 1968, Resolute |
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United States | |
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In service | 10 October 1980 |
Out of service | 1996 |
Fate | Sold to Friend Ships, 1996 |
United States | |
Name | Spirit of Grace |
Owner | Friend Ships |
In service | 1996 |
Identification | IMO number: 8037815 |
Fate | Scrapped 2008 |
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Class and type | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1] |
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Length | 388 ft 8 in (118.47 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft | 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m) |
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Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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USS Pembina (AK-200) – later known as USNS Pembina (T-AK-200) -- was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the U.S. Navy during the closing period of World War II. She supported the end-of-war Navy effort and was subsequently placed in service with the US Army under the Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine with a Japanese crew in Yokosuka, Japan.
In 1951, she was returned to the Navy and served the remainder of her Navy career with the Military Sea Transportation Service. In 1968 she was again transferred to the Army as USAT Resolute and served with the Army until she was returned to the U.S. Maritime Administration and sold in 1980.
The second ship to be so named by the Navy, Pembina (AK–200) was laid down 23 June 1944, MC Hull 2154, by the Globe SB Co., Superior, Wisconsin, launched 14 October 1944; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Mann; acquired by the Navy through the Maritime Commission 9 May 1945; and commissioned 25 May 1945.
Resolute was renamed Kathleen Pearcy 26 October 1989, when she was sold to the Seaborne Line, Inc., her name changed again 6 August 1992, back to Pembina. In 1996 she was sold to a US-based Missionary Group called "Friendships". Renamed Spirit of Grace, the former Pembina hauled supplies and delivered aid to needy people in various part of the world. On a mission trip to Israel in 2006, Spirit of Grace burned out a cylinder in her main engine, requiring an expensive rebuild. At the same time, Friendships was offered a newer vessel of similar size, which was accepted and has been renamed Integrity.[6] As a result, Spirit of Grace was returned to the original donor and subsequently sold to ESCO Marine in Brownsville Tx, where she was scrapped in December 2008.[7]
Qualified Pembina personnel were eligible for the following:[2]