Laid down 1 December 1944 Commissioned 5 July 1945 Struck date unknown Launched 25 January 1945 Draft 5.5 m | Acquired 16 June 1945 Decommissioned 26 May 1946 Construction started 1 December 1944 Length 103 m | |
Ordered as R1-M-AV3 hull, MC hull 2207 | ||
USS Lucidor (AF-45) was an Adria stores ship stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas.
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Lucidor was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Texas, 1 December 1944; launched 25 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. J. Y. Powell, acquired by the Navy 16 June 1945; and commissioned 6 July 1945 at Galveston, Texas, Lt. E. L. LaVoy in command. LTJG Charles E. Ahl Jr. - Navigator, LT F. Dixon
World War II service
After shakedown, Lucidor loaded cargo at Mobile, Alabama, and steamed for Pearl Harbor, arriving there 1 September. Loaded with fleet provisions, the storeship sailed for the Marshall Islands, arriving Eniwetok 26 September.
Post-war activity
From October 1945 to April 1946 Lucidor made supply runs to bases scattered throughout the western and central Pacific Ocean. She also operated in the Far East, transporting dry and refrigerated cargo to Japan and Tsingtao, China. Crew toured Hiroshima in November 1945.
Post-war decommissioning
Lucidor returned San Francisco, California, 10 May 1946 and decommissioned there on the 26th. She was returned to War Shipping Administration the same day and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet and berthed in Puget Sound at Olympia, Washington. She was struck from the Naval Register (date unknown) and sold for commercial service by the Maritime Administration in 1967 to Alaska Steamship Co., Seattle, Washington, and renamed Polar Pioneer. She was:
Military awards and honors
Lucidor’s crew was eligible for the following medals: