Originally laid down as LST-888 by the Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 11 August 1944; launched on 14 October 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Richard Connell; and commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana on 13 November 1944.

She arrived at Leyte Gulf via Eniwetok on 25 February and joined in intensive preparations for the decisive amphibious operations in the Ryukyu Islands.

LST-888 departed in convoy from Leyte Gulf on 19 March, and a week later she reached Kerama Retto to debark troops at Geruma Shima and Tokashiki Jima.

LST-888 was decommissioned at Charleston, South Carolina, on 2 September 1946 and was towed to Green Cove Springs, Florida, where she entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.

Named USS Lee County (LST-888) on 1 July 1955, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and approved for disposal on 21 September 1960.