Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "FS-257" tọrọ ntọala na 1944 site na Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, New York, ọnụ ọgụgụ ụgbọ mmiri 71, maka nnyefe na United States Army. N'ụbọchị 24 nke ọnwa Juun afọ 1944 ndị U.S. Coast Guard jiri ụgbọ mmiri na-ebu ibu na New York na Lt. G. P. Hammond, USCG dị ka onye isi ndị isi. Na 26 June "FS-257" hapụrụ maka Southwest Pacific na-arụ ọrụ n'ebe ahụ site na ibata na
Ọ bụ Leyte. N'ọnwa Julaị n'afọ 1945, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ kwụsịrị n'akụkụ agwaetiti Maripipi ma "FS-406" nyere ya aka.