USS Alamance ( AKA - 75 ) USS " Alamance " ( AKA - 75 ) was a of the United States Navy named after Alamance County , North Carolina . Like all AKAs , " Alamance " was designed to carry military cargo and landing craft , and to use the latter to land weapons , supplies , and soldiers or Marines on enemy shores during amphibious operations . She served as a commissioned ship for 18 months . " Alamance " was laid down as a Type C2 - S - AJ3 ship under a Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 1405 ) on 15 September 1944 at Wilmington , North Carolina , by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co . ; launched on 11 November 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Carl T . Durham ; acquired by the Navy on 22 December 1944 ; and placed in commission on that same day , Comdr . Otto John Stein in command . Service history . World War II , 1945 . Following shakedown in the Chesapeake Bay area , the attack cargo ship got underway for the Pacific theater on 12 February 1945 . She transited the Panama Canal on the 18th and proceeded to Pearl Harbor . Upon arriving there , the vessel reported to Transport Division 65 for duty . During the remainder of World War II , " Alamance " shuttled cargo and personnel from Pearl Harbor to ports in the Philippines , Eniwetok , Saipan , Palau Islands , and Ulithi . During the last month of the war , the ship operated out of Pearl Harbor on amphibious training exercises . Post - war activities , 1945 – 1946 . On 1 September , she sailed for the Marianas where she joined a convoy transporting occupation forces to Japan . She arrived at Sasebo on the 22nd and discharged personnel and equipment of the 5th Marine Division . She then steamed on to Lingayen Gulf to load more troops . " Alamance " returned to Sasebo on 18 October . After the embarked Army troops left the ship , she began the long journey back to American waters , stopping at Buckner Bay , Okinawa , en route , before continuing on to the west coast . The ship reached Portland , Oregon , on 14 November . A period of repair work was begun . Returning to duty in early 1946 , " Alamance " touched back at Pearl Harbor on 26 January . For the remainder of her naval career , she transported personnel from the various island bases to Pearl Harbor for eventual routing on to the United States in other ships . " Alamance " , herself , returned to the west coast of the United States in April . She transited the Panama Canal once again and finally anchored at Norfolk , on 13 May . Decommissioning . The ship was placed out of commission at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard , Portsmouth , Virginia , on 25 June 1946 ; she was returned to the Maritime Commission for disposal . Her name was struck from the Navy List on 19 July 1946 . Civilian Service & Final Disposition . Ex - USS " Alamance " was sold for commercial service in 1947 to Prudential Line Shipping Company and renamed SS " Southstar " . She served under that name for about 14 years before being sold to another line . Purchase and sale records are spotty at best , but she was sold in 1961 and renamed SS " American Supplier " , in 1963 ( presumably to the Alcoa Aluminum Company ) and named SS " Alcoa Voyager " , in 1969 and named SS " Columbia Fox " , and again in 1971 being renamed for the final time as SS " Antillian Fox " . Later in 1971 the former AKA met her end , being scrapped in Taiwan .