Sailing from New York City 19 May 1945, LST-1070 arrived in the Philippines 14 July and, except for one voyage to Tokyo Bay to carry occupation cargo, operated there until October.

She shifted to Japan briefly, then returned to Pearl Harbor 6 December to begin conversion to an electronics parts issue ship.

In 1946 her conversion was halted and she sailed to the U.S. West Coast where she was placed out of commission in reserve 3 December at Astoria, Oregon She was reclassified AG-146, 27 January 1949, and assigned the name Electron, 1 February 1949.

She sailed from San Diego, California, 2 December for the Far East, arriving at Sasebo, Japan, 5 February 1951.

She operated from this port and Yokosuka for the remainder of the Korean war, supplying and supporting Allied forces in the Far East during which time she was reclassified AKS-27 on 18 August 1951.