[2] As one of the last surviving ships of her kind she received extensive documentation by the National Park Service in 2006, which produced the archival record Private Frederick C. Murphy HAER Report.

The ship made several crossings carrying troops from the European Theater of Operations, especially between Le Havre and New York.

From Le Havre she often left from the area known as the Cigarette Camps as part of Operation Magic Carpet to take US troops home.

Many of the ships used to transport troops to Europe in the early days of the war were lost or functionally worn out.

Some transportation of food and supplies were made in a role as a cargo ship to provide relief to the war torn countries of Europe, especially Germany.

The National Park Service's Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) visited the Private Frederick C. Murphy in 2006 to document the ship.