Of the Alstede-class purchased by the US Navy to transport stores, frozen victuals and equipment. Building ordered by a Maritime Commission contract was she laid down at the shipyard of the Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California with the MC hull 1206 on 30 September 1944, launched by Mrs. Anton Wille on 28 November, handed over to the War Shipping Administration on 4 May 1945 for which she was next operated by the United Fruit Company until purchased by the US Navy on 10 May 1946, renamed as the store ship Alstede (AF-48), commissioned on 17 May 1946, decommissioned and stricken on 31 October 1869 and finally sold to be broken up on 2 June 1970. With a displacement of 1.500 tons were her dimensions 139,95 x 19 x 8,5 metres or 459’2”x 63’x 28’. Speed 16 knots. Her crew numbered 292 men.
She visited in October 1960 Rotterdam, Netherlands. On3 October she arrived there as part of the American squadron which participated in the NATO -exercise Fallex, The American ships commanded by commander Charles Sanders consisted of the Alstede escorted by the destroyers Wallace L. Lind, Strong and John. H. Willis. The latter destroyer arrived later in the week.
