<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuba i-Okinawa ivikelekile, i-Third Fleet yagxila emisebenzini eyayilwa neJapane ngokwayo. Kusukela ngoJulayi 10 kuya kuJulayi 29, 1945, iMerrimack yasekela ukuhlaselwa kwamandla amakhulu ezinhlosweni zamaJapane okusheshisa ukuphela kwempi. Ukulandela  <response>: Ngemva kokunikezela kweJapane ngo-August 15, 1945, i-Merrimack yenza uhambo oluningana phakathi koGwini olusentshonalanga ye-United States neMpumalanga ye-Asia iletha uwoyela emikhunjini eyayisekela ukuhlasela kweJapane futhi isebenza ogwini lwaseChina naseKorea. Wabelwa uMbutho Wezempi Wokuhambisa Ulwandle i-MSTS ngo-Okthoba 1949, ngaphambi nje kokuqala ukulungisa ngaphambi kokungasebenzi. Merrimack was decommissioned on 8 February 1950 futhi wangena Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Orange, Texas. 