Completed on March 30, 1945, the "Baylor Victory" did only a little operating during World War operations, as the surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15, 1945. "Baylor Victory" worked delivering cargo across the Pacific Ocean. Normal runs were from Pier 24 in San Francisco and the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Los Angeles to the Far East. She was operated by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. After World War II, in 1949, she was laid up in Mobile, Alabama in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.