sentences:  She provided repair services to the fleet at Norfolk, Guantanamo Bay, and Newport, Rhode Island, until arriving at Charleston, South Carolina, 1 July 1947, for overhaul.Later towed to Green Cove Springs, Florida, she was placed out of commission in reserve there 23 October 1947.Struck from the Naval Vessel Register (date unknown), she was sold 28 October 1960, to the Norfolk, Baltimore and Caroline Line for commercial service and renamed "Virginia Clipper".