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[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
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-200 Code letters: NEOS
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
Fate	Returned to US Maritime Administration (MARAD), 25 January 1979 Sold to Coast Line Associates, LP, 10 October 1980
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
United States
Name	Spirit of Grace
Owner	Friend Ships
In service	1996
Identification	IMO number: 8037815
Fate	Scrapped 2008
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type	C1-M-AV1
Tonnage	5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1]
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.