 During the next 4 years she served out of Seattle, Washington as a transport with the Army Transportation Corps, under the name USNS "James O'Hara".Reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950, she was reclassified T-AP-179 on 28 April and assigned to MSTS.During the struggle to repulse Communist aggression in South Korea, "James O'Hara" transported troops and supplies from the West Coast to the Far East.