 From 16 September to 12 November 1963 the ship was temporarily loaned to the Coast Guard to assist in the construction of a LORAN radio navigation station in Yap, Western Carolines, carrying water-based asphalt to be used for a runway for aircraft servicing the station.After decommissioning, the ship was purchased by Atlantis Submarines Hawaii, who sank it as an artificial reef.The sea floor surrounding the ship is approximately deep, and the top deck of the ship is roughly deep.