On Wednesday 11 April 1945 at 1:15am the Morgantown Victory hit a mine at 49°46′00″N 0°21′00″W / 49.76667°N 0.35000°W / 49.76667; -0.35000 while joining convoy VWP 21, north of Le Havre, France.

[7] Morgantown Victory made six trips to deliver livestock to war worn nations in Europe.

Unloading the horses, took a long time also, the ship was still in Gdańsk-Danzig for New Year's Eve a week later.

[9][10] "Thirty-two cowboys back at sea, getting homesick as they could be, spent Christmas Day out on the deep, and dreamt of home while fast asleep."

this was written by 23 year old Willard Bontrager who titled it “An Ode to Thirty-two Cowboys,”.

Willard gave the poem to his crew at their Christmas program on December 25, 1946 at sea.

[11][12] After her war relief efforts in 1949, she was laid up at Suisun Bay as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.

Morgantown Victory served as a merchant marine ship supplying goods for the Korean War.

About 75 percent of the personnel serving in the Korean War were delivered by the merchant marine ships.

About 90 percent of the cargo was moved by merchant marine ships to the war zone.