 "Soubarissen" arrived at Mobile on 17 April and was decommissioned and returned to the War Shipping Administration in May 1946.She was reacquired by the Navy on 19 February 1948, delivered to Marine Transport Lines, Inc. to be operated, under contract, for the Navy Transportation Service (MTS) as "Soubarissen" (AO-93).Control was transferred to the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS) 1 October 1949 when she was redesignated USNS "Soubarissen" (T-AO-93).