sentences:  Naval vessel to bear the name.Originally laid down as "LST-1127", the ship was launched on 14 February 1945 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois; sponsored by Mrs. Emery Adams; and commissioned on 26 February 1945 with Lieutenant Adam W. Melohusky in command.The ship sailed down the Mississippi River and around to Baltimore where she decommissioned on 16 March 1945.