that duty, broken only by a visit to alexandria, virginia, in late october and early november, lasted until february 1946 when the ship was declared surplus to the needs of the navy. she arrived at the boston naval shipyard on 12 february and remained there just under one month. on 12 march, "alexandria" arrived in norfolk, virginia, where she was decommissioned on 10 april 1946. her name was struck from the navy list on 21 may 1946. on 18 april 1947, the former patrol frigate was sold to the sun shipbuilding & drydock company of chester, pennsylvania, for scrapping.