She departed the states and arrived at Okinawa on April 12, 1945 in a fleet of merchant ships serving in the Pacific War.

Due to her cargo she was not allowed to anchor with the main fleet, but at Kerama Retto, a tiny group of islands 15 miles west of Okinawa, Japan.

Pierre Victory was credited with shooting down one of the kamikaze planes that hit the water about 60 yards off her starboard side.

These ships were carrying a total of 24,000 tons (54 million pounds) of ammunition; including most of the 81 mm mortar shells needed for the invasion.

Pierre Victory survived, and she was able to unload all her ammunition over 12 days with the help of a Naval Construction Battalion.

The USS Rinehart, a destroyer escort, helped get the Pierre Victory off the reef and into safe water to ride out the storm.

[18][19][20][21][22] In 1948 with her war and relief work done Pierre Victory was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Wilmington, North Carolina and later transferred to Astoria, Oregon.

SS Pierre Victory served as merchant marine ship supplying goods for the Korean War.

SS Pierre Victory made trips between 1950 and 1952, helping American forces engaged against Communist aggression in South Korea.

The ship was under contract with the Military Sea Transportation Service to carry napalm bombs to be used by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War and was originally bound for Sattahip, Thailand.

The two mutineers hijackers requested political asylum from the Cambodian government which was initially granted but they were later arrested and jailed.