for the crew, Attala resumed operations. On 14 January 1946, she got underway for San Diego, California. The transport transited the Panama Canal on the 23rd and then continued on to Norfolk, Virginia. She anchored off Hampton Roads on 1 February and began the deactivation. She proceeded to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, and on 26 February 1946 Attala was decommissioned. She was transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 20 March 1946. Fate Attala entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at James River, Virginia on 3 March 1946. In 1954 Attala was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet as part of a Repair Program, GAA-No. Atl. & Gulf, and then returned. On 15 March 1974 she was sold to Mr. Isaac Varela, for $727,007, to be scrapped. At 1000 EDT, on 3 April 1974 she was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and sent to the breaker's yard. All that remains of Attala is her brass builder's plate. Awards Attala earned one battle star for her World War II service. References External links navsource.org: USS Attala Victory ships Ships built in Los Angeles Haskell-class attack transports World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Attala County, Mississippi Troop ships 1944 ships