Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaritea te kaipuke kia hangaia mō te US Navy i raro i tētahi kirimana Maritime Commission (MC hull 2898) e te Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., o Kearny, N.J. Heoi, nā te mutunga o te pakanga i te Moananui a Kiwa
, i whakakorea te kirimana mo tana hanga i te 27 o Akuhata 1945 i mua i te whakatakotoranga o tana papa.