during world war ii, "lst-842" was assigned to the asiatic-pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of okinawa gunto in june 1945. following the war, the ship performed occupation duty in the far east until mid-september 1945. she was decommissioned on 30 december 1947, and transferred to the philippine government to serve as brp "pampanga". on 22 january 1948, the tank landing ship was struck from the navy list.