While in the Mediterranean, Seabees converted "LST-906" into a makeshift aircraft carrier sporting a custom-built mesh airstrip above deck. She was the base for six USAAF L-4B "Grasshoppers" flown as artillery spotters for the US 3rd Infantry Division during the invasion of southern France in September 1944. "LST-906" was one of six LSTs to be converted. The others being , , , , and .