 She was launched 6 February 1944 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, Florida; sponsored by Miss M. Farmwald; and commissioned 15 June 1944, Lieutenant Commander R. R. Forrester, Jr., USNR, in command.She was reclassified MSF-218 on 7 February 1955.The vessel was later renamed "MV Galaxy" and was home to the British offshore pirate radio station Radio London.