 She arrived Eniwetok on 16 August 1945, and operated between the Marshalls and the Carolines, screening convoys and taking her turn as patrol ship until she departed Eniwetok on 8 December for Pearl Harbor, arriving eight days later.After a month's duty as weather station ship "Garfield Thomas" departed Pearl Harbor on 9 February 1946, transited the Panama Canal and arrived New York on 1 March 1946.After a brief overhaul, "Garfield Thomas" departed New York on 24 March for Green Cove Springs, Florida.