High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Betelgeuse (AK-(FBM)-260) was the last of the cargo ships in service in the United States Navy. Betelgeuse was constructed by the California Shipbuilding Company, Los Angeles, California and commissioned in the merchant service as SS Columbia Victory in May, 1944. From 1944 through 1948, she was operated by the Grace Steamship Company, the Waterman Steamship Corporation and the Isthmian Steamship Company. In 1948, she was placed in Maritime Reserve Fleet until 1951 when she was purchased by the U.S. Government and converted for Navy use.

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