Post-World War II Navy Career
On 12 September 1945, Mobjack returned to the Philippines and for the next two months engaged in decommissioning motor torpedo boats under Commander, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons, Philippine Sea Frontier. On 10 November 1945 she headed eastward, arriving at San Francisco, California, on 29 November 1945.
In December 1945, stripping of Mobjack began, and on 21 August 1946 she decommissioned. She was transferred the same day to the custody of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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