On 21 March 1945 the ship sailed for Mobile, Alabama where she was placed out of commission on 31 March to be fitted out as a landing craft repair ship by the Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company.
The vessel departed on 21 March 1945 for Mobile, Alabama, where it was put out of service on 31 March and subsequently transformed into a repair ship for amphibious landings by the Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company.