the "scythia" was salvaged and taken to new york for repair in january 1943, and afterwards ferried american troops to europe. at the end of the war, she took many american troops back from europe, many of them accompanied by their young brides, before sailing to india to bring home british troops from the war in the east. she was also a war bride ship completing a number of voyages to take canadian war brides and their children from liverpool to pier 21 in halifax in the early part of 1946. one of her last missions as a troop ship was to bring the 1st king's dragoon guards home to liverpool, on 11 march 1948.