End of World War II and Fate
Mertz's first and only peacetime duty came 31 August, when she departed Adak for Japan, arriving Ominato, northern Honshū, 8 September, to operate with the 3rd Fleet during the occupation of the northern Honshū-Hokkaidō area. On the 15th the destroyer departed Ominato Harbor for the west coast, arriving San Francisco 30 September.
On 1 December, Mertz steamed to San Diego, where she decommissioned 23 April 1946 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was reassigned to the Long Beach, California, group 1 July 1951 and the Stockton, California, group 1 January 1959, to remain there into 1969.
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