High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The unnamed transport, AP-120, was laid down on 10 December 1942 at Alameda, California by the Bethlehem-Alameda Shipbuilding Corp., under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 678); named Admiral W. S. Benson (AP-120) on 20 October 1943; launched on 22 November 1943; sponsored by Miss Dorothy Lucille Benson, granddaughter of the late Admiral William S. Benson; accepted from the Maritime Commission on 23 August 1944 and commissioned the same day, Capt. Francis H. Gardner in command. After fitting out and provisioning at the Naval Supply Depot, Oakland, California, Admiral W. S. Benson stood out of San Francisco Bay on 1 September 1944 for San Pedro, CA., to commence shakedown training. During the next two weeks, the transport carried out daily exercises and gunnery runs in the vicinity of Catalina, San Nicholas, and San Clemente Islands. Upon completion of this training, the ship underwent post-shakedown availability at the Todd Shipyard in Wilmington, CA., before she commenced work at the Small Craft Training Center, Terminal Island, CA., serving a tour of temporary duty in connection with the training of attack transport (APA) crews.

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