 Meyer; renamed "Acorn Knot" in February 1945; and delivered to the War Shipping Administration on 30 March 1945.Operated initially by Grace Lines in the Atlantic and the Caribbean, "Acorn Knot" was returned to the Maritime Commission and transferred to the Army Transportation Corps on 28 July 1946 and assigned to the Ryukyus Command as an inter-island cargo carrier.On 6 May 1948, she departed the Far East for California; and, in July, she entered the Moore Dry Dock Company's yard at Oakland for conversion to a cargo-troop-passenger ship.