 "Barite" was taken out of service and delivered to the War Shipping Administration at Subic Bay on 5 August 1946, and her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 August 1946.Subsequently sold to the China-based Asia Development Corporation, the ship was delivered to her purchaser on 23 April 1948.Lloyd's Register of Shipping carried the former "Barite" through the 1950-1951 editions, after which time she disappeared from the scene.