Decommissioning, Reserve, and Disposal
Decommissioned on 26 March 1946, Oyster Bay was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 April 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 12 August 1946.
Transferred back to the U.S. Navy on 3 January 1949, Oyster Bay was reclassified as a small seaplane tender and redesignated AVP–28 on 16 March 1949. She was berthed at Stockton, California, where she remained in the Pacific Reserve Fleet until 1957, seeing no active service as a seaplane tender.
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