<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - 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. Ngemva kokuzinikela kweJapane  <response>: Ngo-15 Agasti 1945, i- Merrimack yenza uhambo oluningana phakathi koGwini olusentshonalanga ye-United States neMpumalanga Asia ithwala uwoyela wemikhumbi esekela ukuhlasela kweJapane futhi isebenza ngasogwini 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. 