was received on 15 August 1945. Jeffers steamed into Tokyo Bay on 29 August with occupation forces, and was present for the surrender ceremonies on 2 September. She then joined a minesweeping group for vital sweeping operations around Japan, including hazardous operations in Tsushima Strait. Operating out of Sasebo, she continued to sweep in the Yellow Sea during November, getting underway on 5 December for the United States. 1946 – 1955 Jeffers arrived San Diego 23 December and steamed via the Panama Canal to Norfolk, where she arrived on 9 January 1946. The ship then began her peacetime duty, arriving Charleston on 12 June. She remained there for the rest of 1946 except for a short training cruise to Casco Bay. 1947 was spent on maneuvers in the Caribbean during April and May, followed by exercises on the East Coast of the United States; and 1948 was spent entirely at various East Coast ports on training duty. After making a short cruise to the Caribbean in early 1949, Jeffers sailed on 6 September from Charleston for her first Mediterranean cruise. This was the period of unrest in Greece and Israel, and the ship took part in maneuvers around Malta until October, as America showed her might in the cause of peace and stability. She returned to Charleston on 13 October. The next year was spent at Charleston, except for a training cruise to Guantanamo Bay in March. However, on 9 January 1951, the ship got underway again for another cruise to the Mediterranean. She visited Oran, Palermo, Athens, and Naples during this deployment, again taking part in U.S. 6th Fleet's peace-keeping operations. Arriving at Charleston on 17 May 1951, Jeffers engaged in minesweeping and antisubmarine exercises until her next scheduled Mediterranean cruise on 5 June 1952. She operated with 6th Fleet aircraft carriers and destroyers until returning to her home port on 13 October. Jeffers spent the first half of 1953 in training off the Virginia Capes, departing Norfolk on 16 September for operations with the aircraft carrier and units of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Mediterranean. She returned to Charleston 3 February 1954. Operations from New York to Key West and Havana occupied the destroyer-minesweeper until she decommissioned at Charleston on 23 May 1955. She entered the Charleston Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet as DD-621, having been reclassified on 15 January 1955. Jeffers was stricken from the register on