Transfer To The Pacific Fleet
She transited the Canal 11 April and, after stops at San Diego, California, Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, and Guam, arrived in Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa, 28 June.
On the 29th Nimble shifted to Kerama Retto whence she commenced sweeping the East China Sea as part of Operation Juneau. In mid-August, following the end of the war, Operation Skagway continued her mine clearance efforts in the East China Sea and Ryūkyūs area. At the end of the month, "Arcadia" took her to the Yellow Sea and from 2-7 September she cleared the approaches to Jinsen harbor for the entry of the 7th Amphibious Force into Korea for initial occupation duty. On the 9th she returned to waters off Kyūshū to sweep the Sasebo-Nagasaki area.
The minesweeper remained in the Far East opening sea-lanes to merchant and military shipping until September 1946.
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