USS Burias ( AG - 69 ) USS " Burias " ( AG - 69 / ARG - 13 ) was a " Basilan " - class miscellaneous auxiliary acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II . She was heavily armed and converted into a repair ship and spent her career in the South Pacific Ocean . At war ' s end she was used to transport troops home from the war . Constructed in Louisiana . " Burias " ( AG - 69 ) was laid down on 11 February 1944 at New Orleans , Louisiana , by the Delta Shipbuilding Company , Inc . , under a U . S . Maritime Commission contract ( MCE hull 2458 ) as " Mollie Moore Davis " ; launched on 27 March 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Paul L . Jahncke ; delivered to the Navy on 24 April 1944 ; converted for naval service at Mobile , Alabama , by the Alabama Drydock Company ; and commissioned there on 9 October 1944 , Lt . William M . Aye , USNR , in command . World War II service . " Burias " conducted shakedown training in Chesapeake Bay . Following a final outfitting at Norfolk , Virginia , she got underway for the Pacific Ocean early in December . After a month long voyage during which she transited the Panama Canal , the ship arrived at Pearl Harbor on 7 January 1945 . At the Oahu base , she underwent conversion to an electronics repair ship . She completed the conversion within two months and , early in March , received orders to join that portion of Service Squadron ( ServRon ) 10 stationed at Saipan in the Mariana Islands . There , she spent the remainder of World War II working in conjunction with and making hull and electronic repairs to warship s damaged at Iwo Jima and in the long Okinawa campaign . End - of - war operations . She departed Saipan on 30 October 1945 and arrived at Wakayama , Japan , on 5 November . " Burias " took on board servicemen on their way home at Wakayama and got underway for the U . S . West Coast on 10 November 1945 . The ship arrived at San Francisco , California , on 28 November and disembarked her passengers . Two days later , she put to sea bound for Bremerton , Washington . Post - war inactivation . She reached Bremerton on 3 December and soon began decommissioning preparations . The ship then moved to Seattle , Washington , on 23 January 1946 for the removal of her 20 millimeter antiaircraft guns and of some electronics equipment still on board . Temporary reactivation . On 11 February , however , decommissioning preparations stopped , and she got underway for Hawaii with passengers embarked . " Burias " entered Pearl Harbor on 21 February , disembarked her passengers , and resumed stripping operations . Final dispositioning . She was placed out of commission at Pearl Harbor on 9 April 1946 . " Burias " remained in Hawaii until March 1947 at which time she was towed to San Francisco . Declared surplus to the needs of the Navy late in June , she had her name struck from the Navy List on 17 July 1947 . On 15 August 1947 , the ship was turned over to the U . S . Maritime Commission to be laid up with the National Defense Reserve Fleet group berthed at Suisun Bay , California . She remained there for more than two decades until 2 November 1970 when she was sold to Zidell Explorations , Inc . , of Portland , Oregon , for scrapping .