"Hinsdale", ex-MCV Hull-30, was launched by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, California, 22 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. M. B. Harper; and commissioned 15 October 1944, Commander Edward Flood Beyer, USNR, in command.After shakedown in the San Diego-San Pedro area, the new attack transport sailed for the Pacific, reaching Pearl Harbor 12 December with 175 passengers.