Bay and Yokohama, carrying Army occupation personnel and their equipment on the first leg of their journey to their assigned stations in the former enemy's home islands. LST-988 then commenced occupation service of her own, the transportation of cargo and passengers amongst various Japanese ports from Honshū to Kyūshū. Detached 11 April 1946, she began to make her way back to the United States. She arrived at San Francisco on 27 May, thence steamed through the Panama Canal and arrived at New York City on 13 July. Naval Reserve training vessel, 1946–1950 Under orders from the commandant, 3rd Naval District, she decommissioned and was placed in reserve on 25 July and, after overhaul, was placed in service, on 13 January 1946 for employment as a Naval Reserve training vessel for the New York area. On 6 April 1950 she reported for inactivation at Philadelphia and on 13 June was officially designated out of commission, in reserve. Towed to Florida the following week, she was berthed at Green Cove Springs as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Cargo and personnel carrier, 1951–1957 Shortly after her berthing at Green Cove Springs, the reopening of hostilities in Asia and high tension in Europe and the Middle East resulted in an increased demand for ships of her type. LST-988 was ordered reactivated. On 7 June 1951 she recommissioned, and 13 days later reported to ServLant for duty as a troop and cargo carrier. Her assignments during the next year took her as far east as the Mediterranean and as far north as sailing beyond the arctic circle on 9 July 1952. In May 1952 she was fitted out with a helicopter pad and then ordered to Iceland for special projects with the United States Air Force. Returning to Norfolk in September, she prepared for her first extended oversea deployment since World War II, six months with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, after which she resumed operations for the 2nd Fleet. In November 1953 she commenced work as cargo and personnel carrier, helicopter supply ship, and LORAC team unit for the Navy's Hydrographic Office, then engaged in scientific research in and resurvey of the Atlantic. Renamed USS Mineral County (LST-988) on 1 July 1955, she continued to serve the Hydrographic Office until the spring of 1957 when she was ordered to prepare for inactivation. Decommissioning and disposal On 8 July 1957, at Norfolk,