Elmore (APA-42) served as an attack transport of the Bayfield class. Ingalls at Pascagoula launched her on 29 January 1943, and she was commissioned on 25 August 1943.
On 21 July 1944 she put troops on the beach in the Guam assault and embarked wounded for the passage to Eniwetok.
She staged at Hollandia. On 13 October 1944 she got underway toward Leyte, where the assault came one week later.
On 9 January 1945 she stood in Lingayen Gulf for the opening landings.
On 27 March 1945 she departed Leyte, bound for the invasion at Okinawa on 1 April. Eight battle stars stand on her wartime record.