Laid down on 21 October 1941 by the Penn-Jersey Corp., Camden, New Jersey, launched on 29 May 1942, and commissioned on 10 April 1943. The vessel was reclassified as a submarine chaser PC-1602 on 1 June 1944; it was later reclassified as a control submarine chaser PCC-1602 on 1 August 1945.
The Penn-Jersey Corp. constructed the vessel on 21 October 1941, and it was subsequently launched on 29 May 1942 before being commissioned on 10 April 1943. The ship underwent a change in classification to PC-1602 on 1 June 1944, followed by another reclassification as PCC-1602 on 1 August 1945.