USNS Adelphi (T-AG-181) was one of 12 ships scheduled to be acquired by the United States Navy in February 1966 and converted into Forward Depot Ships for service with the Military Sea Transport Service.

For post World War II work she was operated by Marine Transport Line of San Francisco.

After her post war duties in 1947 she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River.

The ship operated under commercial charter carrying supplies to Vietnam under her original name, SS Adelphi Victory.

In 1973 the SS Adelphi Victory was laid up in Suisun Bay, California, as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.