 The ship was built by Pusey & Jones Corp. of Wilmington, Delaware, Hull Number 1108, as the USACS "William H. G. Bullard" named for Rear Adm. William H. G. Bullard.She was the first of two Maritime Commission type S3-S2-BP1 ships built for the US Army Signal Corps near the end of World War II.The other ship was the "Albert J. Myer", which later joined her sister ship in naval service as the USNS "Albert J. Myer" (T-ARC-6).