 After replenishing at Ulithi the oiler was steaming to rejoin the support group off Honshū when the news of Japan's capitulation reached the ship.On 4 September, two days after the formal surrender ceremony there, she steamed into Tokyo Bay with the occupation forces.On 16 September she headed home via Eniwetok, arrived at San Francisco on 24 October and reported for inactivation to the Commandant of the 12th Naval District.