She was originally designed as a Knox-class ocean escort (DE-1067), and was built by Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California.

The Knox-class design was derived from the Brooke-class frigate modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system.

The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying DASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned amidships aft of the mack.

The repaint was performed, at night, while at anchor in Sagami-wan, by LCDR Don Pacetti, the ship’s Operations Officer.

[4] Decommissioned 2 July 1992 in Long Beach, California after twenty-one years and nine months in active commission and struck from the Navy Register on 11 January 1995.