 She received a total of five battle stars for her service during the war, but was decommissioned and sold for scrap within 18 months of the war's end.She was laid down on 22 April 1943 by Mare Island Navy Yard, California; launched on 19 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Chan Lyman, wife of Ensign Lyman; and commissioned on 19 February 1944, Lt. Cmdr.James W. Wilson in command.