Conversion To Flagship, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet
Converted at Boston, Massachusetts, for duty as a flagship, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, Mizpah broke the flag of Rear Admiral O. M. Hustvedt at Portland, Maine, on 28 May 1945. Hustvedt was succeeded by Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, Jr., on 4 September 1945.
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