 "Alchiba" won three battle stars for her World War II service, and was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for her service at Guadalcanal from August through December 1942.Alchiba is the only cargo ship in the history of the U.S. Navy to receive the Presidential Unit Citation.As a Citation awardee, the Alchiba was entitled to fly the Presidential Unit Citation pennant beneath her ensign, and to be saluted by other warships whenever entering a military port.