USS Lebanon (AK-191) was an constructed for the US Navy during the end of World War II. As the war ended, fewer cargo ships were needed and the Lebanon was sold into commercial service.
Construction Lebanon was the second U.S. Navy ship to bear that name. She was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2122, by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co. out of Superior, Wisconsin, on 15 May 1944. She was launched on 14 October 1944 and was sponsored by Mrs. Charles E. Denny. The Lebanon was acquired by the Navy on 25 August 1945, and commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 26 September 1945.
Service history World War II-related service The end of World War II reduced the need for cargo ships. Lebanon was decommissioned on the 15 of November, 1946. She was returned to the Maritime Commission the same day, and was chartered to Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc., which renamed her Coastal Archer.
Merchant service The Lebanon, renamed Coastal Archer, was used by several shipping companies from 1945 to 1948. She was then placed in the reserve fleet.
On 13 July 1956, she was sold to Brazil under the condition that she be used for coastal shipping by Brazil. She was delivered on 22 August 1956 and renamed Rio Paraguaçu. Lloyd's Register 1960 In 1976 the ship was sold to Colombian shipowner Lineas Agromar and renamed Irazu. At first she sailed under Colombian flag; later, this was transferred to Panama.Lloyd's Register 1981 The Irazu traded for another 10 years before finally being sold for scrap in Colombia. On 2 September 1986 she arrived at Mamonal for demolition. Shipvault
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