USS Sculptor ( AK - 103 ) USS Sculptor ( AK - 103 ) was an commissioned by the U . S . Navy for service in World War II . She was responsible for delivering troops , goods and equipment to locations in the war zone . " Sculptor " was laid down as " SS D . W . Harrington " under Maritime Commission contract ( MCE Hull 1671 ) on 18 May 1943 by California Shipbuilding Co . , Wilmington , California ; launched on 10 June 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . S . E . Joseph ; acquired by the Navy on 22 June 1943 ; and commissioned on 10 August 1943 , Lt . Comdr . George C . Bosson in command . World War II Pacific Theatre operations . " Sculptor " served in the Naval Transportation Service , making six voyages from San Francisco , California , supplying advanced bases in the western Pacific . She sailed on her first voyage on 28 August 1943 towing a section of the floating dock , " ABSD - 1 " , and delivered it and other cargo at Espiritu Santo on 2 October . After carrying Lend - Lease material to New Zealand , she returned to San Francisco on 23 November . Towing a barge to the South Pacific . On her second voyage , beginning on 27 December , she towed a repair barge , " YRDH - 1 " , and carried a deck cargo of an LCT in sections to Espiritu Santo . After arriving there on 1 February 1944 , she made voyages between advanced bases until departing from Espiritu Santo on 20 April for San Francisco , where she arrived on 12 May . " Sculptor ' s " remaining voyages followed the pattern of the first two . She sailed from San Francisco on 3 June with a section of " ABSD - 2 " in tow , and made local cargo voyages in the Southwest Pacific between 15 July and 29 September before returning to San Francisco on 24 October . Towing more barges . After overhaul , she sailed again on 16 December with two YF barges in tow which she exchanged at Pearl Harbor for " YFD - 64 " . This large drydock was delivered by the combined efforts of " Sculptor " , and a sister ship , at San Pedro Bay , Leyte , Philippine Islands , on 13 February 1945 . " Sculptor " then carried cargo between advanced bases until 28 April and returned to San Francisco on 21 May . Carrying Coast Guard cutters to Saipan . On 15 June 1945 , the freighter left San Diego with two 83 ' U . S . Coast Guard cutters on deck and a barge in tow . The tow was dropped at Pearl Harbor , and the remainder of the cargo was offloaded at Saipan after arrival on 13 July . End - of - war activity . The ship returned to San Francisco on 1 September and began her sixth and last Navy voyage on the 29th . She delivered cargo to Saipan and Guam , and sailed from Guam on 23 December for the East Coast of the United States . Post - war decommissioning . " Sculptor " arrived at Baltimore , Maryland , on 21 February 1946 and was decommissioned there on 26 February . The ship was redelivered to the Maritime Commission on 8 March and struck from the Navy List on 12 March 1946 . In 1947 , she was sold to a Greek shipping firm as " SS Dimosthenis Pantaleon " , under which name she remained in service until she was scrapped at Trieste , Italy , in 1969 . Military awards and honors . Sculptor ' s crew members were eligible for the following medals :