Built in 1944, by the Northwestern Shipbuilding Company of South Bellingham, Washington (hull #LT-451) as the LT-451 for the United States Army.

In 1946, the tug was acquired by Crowley Marine Services Incorporated of San Francisco, California. Where she was renamed as the Sea Wolf.

In 1966, the tug burned off of Hawaii. She was salvaged, but eventually scrapped.