Final Decommissioning and Sale
Ultimately placed both out of service and out of commission and 3 July 1946, Wando was delivered to the Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administrationfor disposal. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 30 December 1946, and she was acquired by the Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company on 28 April 1947.
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