USS Craighead (AK-175) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II.
She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
[4] Craighead sailed from Galveston, Texas, 25 September 1945 and arrived at Davisville, Rhode Island, 4 October to load cargo for construction battalions on the US West Coast.
[4] Craighead was decommissioned 18 January 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day for disposal.
She was transferred to the shipping company of Deniz Nakliyati T.A.O., Istanbul, Turkey, and renamed Kastamonu and reflagged to Turkish.