Fond du Lac was launched 5 October 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.,
Portland, Oregon; sponsored by Mrs. Giles French; acquired and commissioned 6 November 1944.
World War II Fond du Lac sailed from
San Francisco, California, 11 January 1945, laden with troops and cargo for
Leyte Gulf, where she landed them as reinforcements 17 February. After training for the initial assault on
Okinawa Gunto,
Fond du Lac stood out of
Leyte Gulf 27 March, landed troops and equipment on the assault beaches 1 to 5 April, and sailed with casualties for
Guam. She continued to
Pearl Harbor and San Francisco to reload, and brought her troops to the
Philippines 10 June. The
attack transport transferred men from
New Guinea to the
Philippines before sailing 14 July 1945 for San Francisco. She returned to the
Far East 22 September at
Sasebo with
U.S. Marine occupation troops, and after one voyage to the Philippines to bring additional occupation forces to
Japan, sailed home from
Guam with servicemen eligible for discharge.
Fond du Lac voyaged to the Far East on transport duty again in December, then made her last voyage to
Pearl Harbor the next month, sailing from San Francisco 8 February for Panama. Arrived at Panama Canal at 0800, 17 February 1946. 19 February 1946 shoved off at 0800 for
Norfolk, Virginia.
Decommissioning and fate There she was decommissioned 11 April 1946 and was struck from the U.S. Naval Register on 1 May 1946.
Fond du Lac was finally sold for scrapping on 17 May 1974 to M. V. Intershitra, Netherlands. ==Awards==