Her keel was laid down on 31 October 1943 at New Orleans, Louisiana, by the Delta Shipbuilding Company under a Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1933).

For the next nine months, she served as station tanker at various forward bases in the Central Pacific, including Eniwetok during the Marianas campaign and Ulithi during the struggles for the Palau Islands and the Philippines.

The ship stayed there until the end of the month at which time she received orders to return to the United States at Norfolk, Virginia.

On 1 July 1946, she was decommissioned at San Francisco, and returned to the War Shipping Administration for layup with the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California.

Whippet received two battle stars for World War II service This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.