Her Last Voyage and Decommissioning
Beckham commenced her last Navy voyage on 16 February 1946 when she sailed for Norfolk, Virginia. Transiting the Panama Canal on the 24th, she reached her destination on 7 March. Decommissioned at Norfolk on 25 April 1946, Beckham was turned over to the War Shipping Administration on 29 April 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 8 May 1946, and she was berthed with the Maritime Commission's National Defense Reserve Fleet. The former attack transport remained inactive until sold on 5 September 1974 to Sparreboom Shipbrokers to be broken up for scrap.
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