Manned by civilians, she was re-designated T-AP-137, and continued the transportation of people fleeing the aftermath of the war. On 8 July 1949, USNS "General S. D. Sturgis" arrived at Boston with 841 displaced persons from Europe (mostly Poland and Lithuania). On 24 March 1951, "General S. D. Sturgis" developed a leak on a trip to New York with 884 displaced persons aboard. The ship arrived at New York under her own power two days later. The ship was slated to carry 190 of its passengers on to New Orleans, but because of the inspection it was to undergo, transferred them to to continue their journey. Among the voyages of the "General S. D. Sturgis" transporting displaced persons from Bremerhaven, Germany was an arrival in New York on August 7, 1951; on September 11, 1951 it docked to Pier 21 in Halifax, Canada; and on October 11, 1951, it reached New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. with yet another batch of displaced persons, among them being the 4-member family of Enrico Ciceran. As war broke out in Korea, "General S. D. Sturgis" took up the vital job of carrying U.N. troops to and from the Korean fighting. For the Korean War period, she sailed from New York to Bremerhaven and Mediterranean ports, embarking allied troops, and transported them to Pusan. Following the Armistice, the transport rotated Greek, Turkish, Ethiopian, and Philippine troops in Korea, helping to maintain the high state of readiness among U.N. forces in that volatile land. During 1955, the ship made three voyages from New York to Bremerhaven, supporting American troops in Europe. She was placed in reduced operational status at New York 28 May 1955. "General S. D. Sturgis" was later returned to the Maritime Administration and was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 22 August 1958, where she remained until 1967. She was sold at that time to Central Gulf Steamship Corp. of New Orleans, who rebuilt her as a cargo ship. Renamed SS "Green Port", USCG ON 510015, IMO 6810691, she entered commercial service in June 1968. "Green Port" was laid up in San Francisco in 1979 and was scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in February 1980  "General S. D. Sturgis" received three battle stars for Korean War service.