After the inauguration of the SS Brazil Victory, she was launched into the waters of the Cerritos channel,[4][5][6][7] and sailed to and was crewed at San Francisco.

She was then loaded with ammunition at Long Beach, California, and from there steamed to Melbourne, Australia to unload cargo destined for the Pacific War.

[8][9] She was retired in 1948 to the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Beaumont, Texas until she was put back in service in 1950.

SS Brazil Victory, commanded by Captain Charles Brown, served as a merchant marine naval ship in the Korean War.

[12] In 1966, SS Brazil Victory was once again removed from the Reserve Fleet, reactivated, and put into operation by American President Lines.