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LST-1116 was laid down on 2 October 1944 at Seneca, III., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 28 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Lucile H. Kelley; and commissioned on 9 January 1945. She was decommissioned on 15 February 1945, and underwent conversion and was recommissioned as Proserpine (ARL-21) (q.v.) on 31 May 1945.