Attack cargo ship Rolette was laid down on 2 December 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, NJ, for the Maritime Commission; launched on 11 March 1945, sponsored by Mrs. William U. Kirsch, acquired by the Navy on loan-charter on 26 April 1945, and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 27 April 1945.

Rolette was ordered to operate with the amphibious ships carrying the Army Occupation Forces to Japan from the Philippines.

On this deployment she landed food, medical supplies, and workers to aid the citizens of Argostoli, Greece, after a devastating earthquake.

On 31 March she joined an amphibious squadron for a six-month tour in the western Pacific and participation in landing exercise "Navmarlex 1-55" conducted at Okinawa in June.

She decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 1 May 1956 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet, where she remained until struck from the Navy List on 1 July 1960.