(AK-132: dp. 14,350; l. 441-6-; b. 56-11-; dr. 28-4-; s. 15 k.; cpl. 226; a. 1 5-, 1 3-; cl. Crater; T. EC2-S-C1)
Propus (AK-132) was laid down 31 January 1944 by St. John-s River Shipbuilding Co., Jacksonville, Fla., as MCE hull 2471; launched 29 March 1944; chartered by the Navy 10 April 1944; converted by Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Co., Jacksonville, Fla; and commissioned 22 June 1944, Lt. Comdr. Harvey A. Seeley in command.
Following shakedown in Chesapeake Bay, Propus (AK-132) proceeded via the Panama Canal to the Pacific. In 1944 she operated at San Francisco in September; Pearl Harbor and San Francisco in October; and San Pedro in December. In 1945 her cargo duties took her to Noumea and Espiritu Santo in January; Pearl Harbor, San Francisco and back to sea in February and March; Eniwetok, Saipan, and Tinian in April; San Francisco in May; Manus in June; Emirau and Manus in July; Pearl Harbor in August; San Franciso in September; and Norfolk, Va., in October.
Decommissioned 20 November 1945, she was redelivered to the War Shipping Administration 21 November and struck from the Naval Vessel Register 5 December.
