LST-181 was laid down on 7 April 1943 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 3 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. T. J. Eifler; and commissioned on 21 August 1943.
During World War II, LST-181 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following operations:
Bismarck Archipelago operation:
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain-February 1944
(b) Admiralty Islands landings-March 1944
Hollandia operation-April and May 1944
Western New Guinea operation:
(a) Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation-May 1944
(b) Biak Island operation-June 1944
(c) Noemfoor Island operation-July 1944
(d) Cape Sansapor operation-July and August 1944
(e) Morotai landings-September 1944
Leyte landings-October and November 1944
Visayan Islands landings-March and April 19
Borneo operations:
(a) Balikpapan operation-June and July 1945
LST-181 was decommissioned on 4 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 12 April 1946. On 9 December 1946, she was sold to the Construction Power Machinery Co., of Brooklyn, N.Y.
LST-181 earned seven battle stars for World War II service.
