Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, "LST 749" aka sanya wa Pacific wasan kwaikwayo da kuma halarci
Leyte saukowa a watan Oktoba da Nuwamba 1944. A kan hanyar zuwa Mindoro, Philippines, a cikin Tekun Sulu, wani kamikaze na Japan ya buge shi a ranar 21 ga Disamba, 1944. Jirgin ya fadi a kan gada na LST, nan da nan ya kashe mutane da yawa daga cikin ma'aikatan sojan ruwa a jirgin. LST ya yi rauni kuma an yi watsi da ƙoƙarin farko na ceto saboda tsoron fashewa. Daga bisani yawancin wadanda suka tsira sun sami ceto daga ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa. An buga jirgin daga jerin Navy a ranar 19 ga Janairu, 1945.