From: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

Former name retained

Cedar Creek, a tanker, was built by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., in 1943, and lend-leased to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 30 April 1944. She was returned to the Maritime Commission in March 1948, acquired by the Navy and classified AO-138 in July 1948, and operated in a noncommissioned status by a civilian company under contract with the Navy. In October 1949 she was assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service and continued operations with a civilian crew. On 28 September 1954 she was placed in reserve at San Diego where she remained until 1 November 1956 when she again transferred to MSTS. She was stricken from the Naval Register and turned over to the Maritime Administration on 14 October 1957.