details of "minnesotan"s third journey are not available, but her final journey began by sailing from brest on 23 july with elements of the u.s. 4th infantry division and ended upon arrival at philadelphia on 3 august. in total, she carried 8,038 troops in four voyages from france. by 15 august, "minnesotan" had entered dry dock at the philadelphia navy yard to prepare for decommissioning, which took place six days later. she was then returned to american-hawaiian. leslie white, later a noted american anthropologist, was a crewman aboard uss "minnesotan".