in mid-july, "keith" departed guantanamo bay, cuba, for duty in the pacific ocean. "keith" found herself in pearl harbor at the end of hostilities with the japanese and got underway for saipan to perform escort duty and mop-up operations. shortly after arriving, 31 august, she was assigned an air-sea rescue station between iwo jima and japan. at the end of the year "keith" sailed for china, arriving shanghai on the last day of december. she remained there patrolling and escorting vessels until sailing for the united states on 10 april 1946 via pearl harbor and the panama canal arriving at charleston, south carolina on 15 may 1946. "keith" was towed to green cove springs, florida, where she was decommissioned and placed in reserve 20 september 1946. by the late 1960s she was still in reserve and berthed at orange, texas being