 Jonah E. Kelley" was replaced by USNS "Mirfak" (T-AK-271); and, on the 24th, she returned to New York for the last time.She was then placed out of service and inactivation was begun.In late December, she was shifted to Norfolk; and, on the 22d, she was transferred to the Maritime Administration for berthing in the James River unit of the National Defense Reserve Fleet where she remains into the fall of 1974.