[1][2] Sailing from Auckland on 11 November 1942, Echo delivered cargo at Noumea en route to Efate in the New Hebrides.

[1] In 1942–44 she was used by US forces in the Pacific, and her story was the basis for the 1960 film with Jack Lemmon, The Wackiest Ship in the Army and the 1965 TV series of the same name.

The storyline involved a secret mission with an Australian Coastwatcher, played by Chips Rafferty.

She was preserved, but in poor condition, at Picton, New Zealand as the Echo Gallery, a scow museum and bar.

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