Laurens (APA-153) served as an attack transport of the Haskell class. Oregon Shipbuilding at Portland built her, and the Navy commissioned her on 7 September 1944.
On 2 January 1945 she sailed from Manus. More than 1,400 troops were embarked for the run to Luzon, and the water she was bound for was Lingayen Gulf.
On 11 January 1945 she was in the gulf. Off San Fabian she put ashore the troops she had carried from Manus.
Okinawa was the next assault. On 1 April 1945 a first wave went onto the beach while she lay in the transport area, nine miles out. She kept sending troops and cargo in until 6 April, and that day she sailed for Saipan.
Lingayen and Okinawa were the two landings she served. She survived both. On 10 April 1946 the Navy decommissioned her. Two battle stars stand on her wartime record.