LCI-1091 arrived in the Pacific at the end of the battle for Iwo Jima, fought at Okinawa in 1945 and was used as a minesweeper to clean up around Japan after the war.

[3] In this role, the ship became tied to unproven allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War by the United States and allies.

She was used in a covert missions behind enemy lines investigating disease outbreak of alleged bubonic plague in North Korea.

Brigadier General Crawford Sams' "medical intelligence" mission to Wonsan, North Korea in March 1951 had been first launched from the LSIL-1091.

LSIL-1091 was sold for commercial use, renamed Bering Sea and operated as a cannery ship for salmon on the Yukon River in Alaska from 1961 until 1985.

[5] By 2016 Ten-Ninety-One was in poor condition and would have become a serious liability if allowed to sink in Eureka Bay; consequently it was decided to put her ashore where the risks would be lower, and where restoration could be progressed more easily.