 During World War II, "LST-310" was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the Sicilian occupation in July, 1943 the landings at Salerno in September, 1943 and the Invasion of Normandy in June, 1944.Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 16 May 1945 for conversion to landing craft repair ship USS "Aeolus" (ARL-42) at the Boston Navy Yard.The conversion was canceled 12 September 1945 and the ship reverted to "LST-310"; she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 March 1946.