prisoners at camps at Omori and Ofuna and the Shanagawa hospital. The former prisoners were transferred to hospital ships and . After evacuating camps in the Tokyo Bay area, San Juan moved to the Nagoya-Hamamatsu area to the south and then to the Sendai-Kamanishi area to the north. On completing her liberation duty, the cruiser moored on 23 September next to the last Japanese battleship, , at Yokosuka shifting to an outer anchorage there on 28 October. She sailed for the United States on 14 November, disembarked Commodore Simpson at Pearl Harbor, and continued to the US with homeward bound troops, arriving on 29 November. Three days later, she sailed on "Magic Carpet" duty to Nouméa and Tutuila, returning to San Pedro, California, on 9 January 1946 with a full load of troops. Decommissioning and sale The cruiser arrived at Bremerton, Washington, for inactivation on 24 January 1946, and was decommissioned and placed in reserve there on 9 November 1946. San Juan was redesignated CLAA-54 on 28 February 1949. She was struck from the Navy list on 1 March 1959 and sold on 31 October 1961 to National Metal and Steel Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California, for scrapping. Awards San Juan received 13 battle stars for her World War II service. References External links Web Archive of Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: USS San Juan, 1942-1961 USS San Juan website Atlanta-class cruisers World War II cruisers of the United States Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts 1941 ships