During the war, "LST-451" was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations.To start she made runs to the Aleutian islands delivering materials to the Army's 18th Combat Engineers and the 45th Naval Construction Battalion. In February gale force winds broke her mooring lines and she was holed and beached at Lash Bay, Tanaga Island in the Aleutians. Seabees from CB 45 worked 24-hour shifts over five days to save her and the 800-ton oil cargo. They got her patched sufficiently for the USS Ute to tow her to a repair facility. She took part in the capture and occupation of Saipan in June and July 1944; the Tinian capture and occupation in July 1944; the Battle of Leyte landings October 1944; the Lingayen Gulf landings January 1945; and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto April 1945.