 She was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations and saw action during the liberation of the Philippines during 1944 and 1945.Following the war she was decommissioned on 14 June 1946 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.The ship was purchased by the Australian Army on 16 July 1959 and was named "Harry Chauvel" (AV 1353) in honour of the Australian World War I general Harry Chauvel.