USS Ramsden (DE-382) - End-of-War Activity

End-of-War Activity

After Japan capitulated, the ship resumed escort duties, initially in the Aleutians, then, at the end of August, to Japan. On 9 September she brought auxiliary ships into Ominato Ko, Honshū; and, on the 20th, headed back to the U.S. carrying returning veterans. Navy Day celebrations at Ketchikan interrupted her postwar duties, but in November she got underway, with replacement troops and equipment embarked for Okinawa. She arrived at Buckner Bay 25 November, joined the U.S. 7th Fleet, and on 11 December sailed for Tsingtao. Mail runs next took her to Manila and Shanghai whence she returned to Tsingtao 5 January 1946. She remained there supporting occupation troops until 11 February when she sailed for the eastern coast of the United States. Arriving at Charleston, South Carolina, 22 March, Ramsden steamed to Jacksonville, Florida, 24 April, then shifted to Green Cove Springs, Florida, where she decommissioned 13 June 1946 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.