It was laid down on 19 June 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan; launched on 24 August 1942; and commissioned as USS PC-1120 on 18 January 1943.

Following these, she moved north to the Philippines where she took part in the Leyte landings from 15 through 25 October 1944; the consolidation of the Southern Philippines-Palawan Island landings, from 28 February through 3 March 1945; and the Borneo operations and Tarakan Island operations, from 27 April through 5 May 1945 She was decommissioned in January 1947 and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at the Columbia River.

She was struck from the Navy Directory on 1 April 1959, and she was turned over to the Maritime Commission and eventually sold to an Alaskan fisherman.

After many years of court orders and lawsuits, the city of Berkeley and the owners of the marina had Von Wendel and his followers evicted.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.