USS Pembina (AK-200)

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.
History
United States
Name:	Pembina
Namesake:	Pembina County, North Dakota
Ordered:	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2154
Builder:	Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number:	121
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
Struck:	5 June 1946
Identification:	Hull symbol: AK-200 Code letters: NEOS
Fate:	Acquired by the US War Department 26 January 1946
History
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
History
United States
Name:	Pembina
Operator:	Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
In service:	1 April 1951
Struck:	31 March 1958
Identification:	Hull symbol: T-AK-200
Fate:	laid up in reserve fleet, 18 April 1957
Status:	transferred to the US Army, 29 May 1968
History
United States
Name:	Resolute
Operator:	US Army
Acquired:	29 May 1968
Commissioned:	19 June 1968
Decommissioned:	25 January 1979
Renamed:	19 June 1968, Resolute
Fate:	returned to US Maritime Administration (MARAD), 25 January 1979
Status:	sold to Coast Line Associates, LP, 10 October 1980
History
United States
Name:	Pembina (1980–1989) Kathleen Pearcy (1989–1992) Pembina (1992–1996)
In service:	10 October 1980
Out of service:	1996
Fate:	sold to Friend Ships, 1996
History
United States
Name:	Spirit of Grace
Owner:	Friend Ships
In service:	1996
Status:	scrapped 2008
General characteristics
Class and type:	Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type:	C1-M-AV1
Tonnage:	5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement:	2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard) 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length:	388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam:	50 ft (15 m)
Draft:	21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power:	1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine 1,750 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion:	1 × propeller
Speed:	11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:	3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT 9,830 cu ft (278 m3) (refrigerated) 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Complement:	15 Officers 70 Enlisted
Armament:	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun (DP) 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons

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, Lieutenant James F. Moore, USNR, in command.

After shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, Pembina loaded cargo at Gulfport, Mississippi, for delivery to Subic Bay, Luzon in the Philippine Islands. She sailed 21 June, arriving 10 August, and proceeded with other cargoes to Okinawa; Jinsen, Korea; and Japanese ports. After off-loading at Yokosuka, Japan 31 December, she was ordered to report to Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka to decommission.