She was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans and delivered to the Navy on 4 August 1998.

They assigned her to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command.

She is assigned to the MSC Atlantic surge force and is maintained at a 96-hour readiness status, however sits in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington.

Google satellite[3] and Street View[4] imagery show that in 2014 and 2015 she was at Drydock 3 of the Boston Marine Industrial Park.

Fisher was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 December 2022.