SS M. H. De Young was an American Liberty ship built in 1943 for service in World War II.

[3][4][5] Operated under a general agency agreement by R. A. Nicol & Company, M. H. DeYoung was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19 (the celebrated Cmdr.

[6][7] Brought into Espíritu Santo in the New Hebrides, the Liberty ship was partially repaired on board USS Artisan (ABSD-1) and taken over by the Navy under a bareboat charter at 12:01 a.m. on 4 October 1943.

[3][4] Antelope had her engines removed and spent the entire war as a non-self-propelled dry cargo storage vessel assigned to Service Squadron 8.

[3][4] Antelope was placed out of service and laid up at Subic Bay at 11:00 a.m. on 3 May 1946 and was simultaneously delivered to the Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration.