World War II Service
After a brief shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, Karin loaded cargo at Mobile, Alabama, sailed through the Panama Canal, and arrived Pearl Harbor 23 March 1945. She departed 4 April with food for the U.S. Pacific Fleet and discharged cargo at Eniwetok and Saipan. For the closing months of the war, the store ship made two additional cruises from Pearl Harbor to Saipan and Ulithi.
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