The ship was built by the Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas and was commissioned into the United States Navy (USN) as USS LSM-477 on 3 April 1945.

She was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations and performed occupation duty following the end of the war.

From 1960 to 1970 she performed routine duties in support of the Australian Army, and carried equipment between ports in Australia, New Guinea, Malaysia and New Zealand.

The ship made her first deployment to a war zone in September 1970 when she sailed to Vung Tau in South Vietnam.

Brudenell White was decommissioned on 30 September 1971 when the 32nd Small Ship Squadron was disbanded.