The second USS ''Fortune'' (IX-146) was built in 1921 by Doulett and Williams, New Orleans, La., as ''City of Elwood''; acquired by the Navy 16 February 1944; and commissioned 19 February 1944. She was reclassified AVS-2 on 25 May 1945. Commissioned at

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Re ...

, ''Fortune'' sailed 16 May 1944 for

Kwajalein Kwajalein Atoll (; Marshallese: ) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1,000 mostly U.S. civilia ...

, her base for cargo operations to

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, Manus, and

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until 10 January 1945, when she became fleet issue ship at Ulithi. She sailed from Ulithi 24 April with passengers for Alameda, California, arriving 20 May, and lay in various California shipyards until decommissioned 18 October 1945 and transferred to the

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the same day.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortune (ID-146) Design 1037 ships of the United States Navy Ships built in New Orleans 1921 ships Unclassified miscellaneous vessels of the United States Navy World War II auxiliary ships of the United States