High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Alcor AK-259 was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 101) on 28 February 1944 at Portland, Oregon, by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 29 April as SS Rockland Victory; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas M. Jones, a citizen of Portland; operated for the Maritime Commission by a succession of contractors between 1944 and 1950; acquired by the Navy on 10 July 1951; converted for naval service by Ira S. Bushy and Sons, Inc., of Brooklyn, New York; and commissioned on 1 March 1952, Comdr. Harry A. Long in command.