Bollinger County, Missouri, is the namesake of Bollinger (APA-234). Kaiser at Vancouver, Washington, launched her on 19 November 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract. Mrs. T. Mead was the sponsor. The Navy received her on 8 December 1944. Commissioning came the following morning under Commander C. A. Printup.
She joined the Pacific Fleet and reached Pearl Harbor on 19 February 1945. Two days later she sailed for the Iwo Jima invasion and from 6 to 16 March provided logistic support there. Pearl Harbor saw her again on 5 April. A round trip to San Pedro, California, followed from 22 April to 23 May. Cargo and passengers then went to Eniwetok, Ulithi, Okinawa, Saipan, and Guam, and San Francisco received her on 29 July.
On 10 August she left San Francisco for Eniwetok, Ulithi, and the Philippines. Occupation troops went ashore at Wakayama, on Honshu, between 12 and 26 September. One more run from the Philippines to Japan came in October. San Diego received her on 15 November. Another Pacific crossing, from December 1945 into January 1946, brought men home from the Philippines. June and July 1946 found her carrying people out to Bikini for the bomb trials.
Cross-Pacific service resumed after Bikini. She decommissioned at San Francisco on 1 April 1947 and went back to the Maritime Commission the following day. One battle star was credited for the war.