Sailing away on the U.S.S. Chariton River

This seems to be turning into Chariton River trivia week, but that's fine. Who  knew, for example, that once upon a time there was a U.S. Navy vessel named the "U.S.S. Chariton River?" 

It was a small vessel, the name was applied 10 years after launch --- and only lasted three years --- but she was all ours for that brief and shining moment. Launched on Feb. 12, 1945, the vessel was commissioned that year as LSM(R)-407. Decommissioned in February of 1947 when transferred to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, she was recommissioned as the U.S.S. Chariton River on Oct. 1, 1955.

I've not been able to find anything to tell me why.

Three years later, now decommissioned, she was sold and converted into a barge --- a less than glorious end.

Here's the Wikipedia entry for the U.S.S. Chariton River as well as an image of her from the same source.

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U.S.S. Chariton River (LSM(R)-407 was an LSM(R)-401-class medium-type landing ship (LSM) built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for the Chariton River in northern Missouri and southern Iowa, she was the only U.S.  Naval vessel to bear the name.

Laid down at Charleston Navy Yard on 22 January 1945, she was launched on 12 February 1945. Among those present at the launching party were Rear Admiral Jules James, commandant of the 6th Naval District, and Mrs. J.E. Hunt, ships sponsor and wife of U.S. Navy Captain J.E. Hunt. The ship was commissioned as LSM(R)-407 on 9 May 1945 with LT (jg) Robert C. Van Vleck, USNR, commanding.

The ship saw no combat action in World War II and was placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet near Astoria, Oregon, on 10 February 1947. The ship's name was changed to the U.S.S. Chariton River on 1 October 1955. Struck from the U.S. Naval registry in 1958, the ship was sold to the Tacoma Tug & Barge Company of Tacoma, Washington, in 1960 and underwent conversion to a barge.