 The Operation Magic Carpet assignment was completed in March 1946, and the ship was ordered to the East Coast of the United States for deactivation.The transport transited the Panama Canal and then continued on to Norfolk, Virginia.Proceeding to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia on 8 April 1946 and then the Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, Virginia, "Arenac" was decommissioned on 10 July 1946.