USS Denobla (AF-56)

**USS Denebola (AF-56)** was a Denebola-class stores ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1954. Originally built as the SS Hibbing Victory during World War II, she was later converted to serve as a combat stores ship, tasked with delivering refrigerated and dry provisions to Navy vessels at sea. Throughout her service, Denebola supported U.S. fleet operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, including numerous deployments with the Sixth Fleet and participation in NATO exercises during the Cold War. She was decommissioned in 1976 after more than two decades of dedicated logistical support to U.S. naval forces.