 On 8 March 1946, she headed back to the United States with returning American servicemen embarked, and the ship arrived at San Francisco, California, on 24 March.Of the 927 servicemen who originally set sail on "Baham", just over 250 returned—all others were lost during the war heroically defending their country.Later, she steamed to Pearl Harbor, where she was placed out of commission on 19 July 1946.