Post World War II Service
In mid-March 1946 the New Kent steamed through the Panama Canal and arrived at Norfolk, Virginia on 20 March. For the next year she conducted amphibious training exercises along the East and Gulf coasts and in the Caribbean. On 29 July 1949 she was decommissioned, and berthed with the Orange, Texas Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet. On 10 October 1951 she was re-commissioned and reassigned to amphibious training duty, resuming exercises along the shores of the Atlantic.
With the exception of a voyage to Casablanca in July 1952, New Kent continued her training operations until the Spring of 1954 when, again inactivated, she returned to Orange, Texas on 12 July 1954. The New Kent rejoined the Reserve Fleet on 17 September 1958 and was struck from the Navy List on 1 October 1958.
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