Post-war Decommissioning
Seekonk reached San Francisco, California, on 26 February 1946. She was decommissioned and stripped on 1 May 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 21 May 1946. The small oiler was turned over to the Maritime Commission as a usable vessel on 28 August 1946. Seekonk was fitted out and sold as a merchant vessel by the Maritime Commission. She served as such from 1947 until 7 June 1963, when she burned off Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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