 "Admiral W. L. Capps" entered port at Norfolk, Virginia, on 4 August and, while undergoing voyage repairs, received word at mid-month that hostilities in the Pacific had ended.She stood out of Norfolk on 1 September, with members of the French Navy among her passengers.After dropping them off at Marseille, France, and embarking American troops, she headed back toward the United States and arrived in Norfolk on 20 September.