James M. Scribner was born on 25 June at Stevens Point , Wisconsin. He enlisted in the U. Navy in He was posthumously awarded the Air Medal. She was launched on 1 August , sponsored by Mrs. Theresa J. Scribner, the mother of the ship ' s namesake. After conversion for her new role, she was commissioned on 20 November She underwent training with her embarked underwater demolition team at Maui between 11 February and 13 February , and then moved to Leyte in the Philippine Islands for further training.
Scribner arrived off Okinawa with the invasion force on 26 March , and that night began underwater demolition team reconnaissance operations with her sister ship , the high-speed transport USS Kinzer , at Kerama Retto.
Scribner then continued support to the Okinawa campaign , commencing patrol duty around the transport anchorage which lasted until 15 May , when she departed Okinawa for upkeep at Guam. Upkeep completed, Scribner returned to Okinawa on 7 June and resumed her patrol duty around the transport anchorage. Her training cancelled, Scribner instead underwent three weeks of overhaul at San Pedro, California.
Upon its completion, she departed the United States West Coast on 7 September and, after making several logistics voyages in the Western Pacific , arrived at Manila on Luzon in the Philippine Islands on 19 October Scribner was then assigned to escort a group of American transports which was to load Chinese troops at Haiphong , French Indochina , and disembark them at Dairen in north China to disarm Japanese troops in that area.
Political difficulties delayed the convoy ' s departure from Manila until 30 October , and the Chinese troops were finally disembarked at Qinhuangdao , China, an alternate location, on 12 November Scribner then escorted the transports to Taku on 14 November , and served there as headquarters ship for the port director between 24 November and 4 December , and as radio guardship there until 19 January She was relieved there on 11 April and began the long trip to the United States on 12 April , arriving at Charleston, South Carolina , on 1 July for inactivation.
