The Spirit of Grace shown here at ESCO Marine in the Brownsville Ship Channel on 26th December, 2008. Launched Oct 1944, the vessel was originally commissioned as the [b]USS Pembina[/b] (AK-200) on May 1945, an Alamosa Class Cargo Ship. This vessel was transferred to Japan in 1946. Eventually re-aquired by the US Navy in 1950. Transferred to Military Sea Transportation in 1951 and reclassified as T-AK-200. Transferred to the US Army May 1958 and commissioned [b]USAT Resolute[/b] one month later. Transferred to MARAD in Jan 1979. Sold in 1980 to Coast Line Associates. Renamed [b]MV Kathleen Pearcy[/b] on Oct 1989. Renamed [b]MV Pembina[/b] August 1992. Sold to Friendships, a faith based humanitarian and disaster relief organization and renamed [b]MV Spirit of Grace[/b] in 1996. Their link to the [b]Spirit of Grace[/b] but it seems to have been removed from the main page. Her last voyage from the website was to Israel in 2006.

Principal Particulars:
Built 1944 Globe SB Company, Superior, Wisconsin.
Length: 323.9 ft
Breadth: 50.1 ft
Draft: 21.0 ft
GRT: 5000