History
| LOI | |
| Building contract | |
| Building started | |
| 26/2/1943 | Keel laid |
| 2/8/1943 | Launch |
| Sea trial | |
| Second sea trial | |
| 9/10/1943 | Delivered to US Navy |
| 9/10/1943 | Chartered to Great Britain and commissioned HMS Kilham (Z 07); Reclassified BEC-7 |
| 12/1946 | Returned to USA. Laid up |
| 1947 | Take out from register |
| 1949 | Sold to S/A Investment (Fylkesbaatane i Sogne og Fjordane, Mgrs.) , Bergen, Norway. |
| 1950 | Rebuild to car ferry . New name Sognefjord |
| 1950 | Norwegian coastal routes. |
| 1958 | Sold to Fylkesbataane i Sogne og Fjordane , Bergen, Norway. |
| 1982 | Sold to Filmeffekt A/S of Oslo,Norway. New name Orion. |
| 1984 | Sold to K/S Orion Film A/S, Oslo , Norway. Laid up. |
| 1987 | Sold to Matkat OY, Helsinki, Finland. |
| 1991 | Sold to Orion Risteilyt OY, Hamina, Finland. |
| 7/10/1992 | New name Corona. |
| 10/10/1992 | New name Orion. |
| 1996 | Sold to Jaakko Mathias Eriksson, Honduras. |
| 1997 | Sold to Ab Dronkers BV, Rotterdam, Holland. New name Orient Explorer. |
| Diving cruises | |
| 2009 | Drydocking at Labuan Shipyard, Malaysia |