USS Windham Bay was commissioned in May 1944, and had a very active period of service over the course of her 17-year lifetime. She first was used for training and qualifications, and then transported passengers and aircraft to Hawaii and the Marshall Islands. She then went to Kwajalein and picked up planes and servicemen that were headed for the Marianas Islands.
A load of Japanese planes and materials that were captured were taken to Hawaii by Windham Bay in July of 1944, and then she headed home to begin overhaul.
Repairs were not done until the end of August, 1944. However, the vessel kept up with her transport operations to the Pacific bases for many months. At the end of the year, she was used for aircraft ferrying, and then supported the fast carrier operations during Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
This was followed by more tours through the Pacific and a stint as a Magic Carpet transport ship, before being put in reserve and then did many re-supply voyages during the Korean War era, which lasted until 1958. The vessel was decommissioned in 1959 and sent to the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was struck from the Navy list only a month later and sold for scrapping in February 1961.