The gasoline tanker called at Norfolk, Virginia, on 9 January 1945 and began shakedown training in the Chesapeake Bay the next day.

She reached Pearl Harbor on 28 March and, for the next four months, shuttled diesel oil and aviation gasoline from Hawaii to Johnston Island.

Upon completion of the yard work, Towaliga got underway for Japan and, after stops at Eniwetok and Saipan, arrived at Osaka on 9 October 1945.

The ship was nominally returned to the United States on 17 February 1948 but simultaneously transferred permanently to China, where she was renamed Tai Hwa.

Towaliga’s crew was eligible for the following medals: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.