 The ship was delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 20 May 1944 and operated by Merchants and Miners Transportation Company as the WSA agent until 1 November 1946 when the ship was operated by Isthmian Steamship Company under bareboat charter.Records show that only weeks after delivery to WSA on 20 May 1944 "Harry L. Glucksman" joined Convoy number HXM 295 that sailed from Halifax and later from New York on 10 June arriving United Kingdom on 26 June.The ship was taken over by Dichman Wright and Pugh on 6 May 1948 and laid up in the reserve fleet at Wilmington, North Carolina on 29 May.