USS Pembina ( AK - 200 ) 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 . After a brief period of service with the Navy in the Pacific theatre , she was transferred to the U . S . Army 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 1996 . Built in Superior , Wisconsin . The second ship to be so named by the Navy , " Pembina " ( AK – 200 ) was laid down 23 June 1944 as MC Hull No . 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 as " Pembina " ( AK – 200 ) , Lt . James F . Moore , USNR , in command . World War II - related service . 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 . Temporary service with the Japanese Navy . " Pembina " decommissioned 26 January 1946 and was delivered to War Shipping Administration ( WSA ) representatives for turn over to the Japanese government under loan agreement ( bare boat basis ) . She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 5 June . " Pembina " operated under SCAJAP , with a Japanese crew and licensed American officers , until reinstated on the Naval Vessel Register 28 June 1950 . She transferred from SCAJAP via the U . S . Army to the Navy Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) 1 April 1951 at Yokohama , Japan . Assigned to the MSTS . She was assigned to the Commander MSTS Pacific Area at San Francisco , California , 17 April 1956 following service in the Western Pacific Ocean , based in Japan . Inactivation . " Pembina " was placed in temporary custody of U . S . Maritime Administration ( MarAd ) 18 April 1957 , and assigned to the Olympia , Washington , Reserve Fleet in ready status . She was given permanent assignment to MarAd 31 March 1958 , berthed at Olympia , and struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day . Transferred to the U . S . Army . She remained at Olympia in the National Defense Reserve Fleet until transferred to the Army 29 May 1968 . Renamed USAT " Resolute " 19 June 1968 , the cargo ship served the U . S . Army until she was eventually returned to the U . S . Maritime Commission ' s James River Reserve Fleet on 25 January 1979 . " Resolute " was sold by MarAd on 29 September 1981 under solicitation PD - X - 1032 to Coast Line Associates , L . P . for operation as part of the purchase of 2 ships for operation for $ 651 , 000 . Commercial and Missionary Service . " Resolute " was renamed Albert Norman and was used as a fishing ship until 1996 , when the ship was donated to a US - based Missionary Group called Friendships . Now 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 " . 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 . Honors and awards . Qualified " Pembina " personnel were eligible for the following :