on the 8th, and was assigned duty as a station ship, her role through the end of hostilities on 15 August. After VJ Day Aries left Ulithi on the 22nd and proceeded to Apra Harbor, Guam. There, she took on goods for shipment to Leyte. The vessel reached Philippine waters on 5 September and remained off Leyte engaged in cargo operations through early October. The vessel departed the area on the 7th and dropped anchor at Eniwetok 10 days later. After filling her cargo holds, she set a course for Japan, arrived in Tokyo Bay on 6 November, and began discharging her supplies in support of occupation forces ashore. On 30 November, the cargo ship left Japanese waters and set a course for the United States. She paused en route at Midway on 11 December and finally reached San Francisco on the 24th. The ship then discharged all her cargo and ammunition in preparation for deactivation. Final disposition She later moved to Oakland, California, where she was decommissioned on 28 March 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 17 April 1946. The vessel was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 1 July 1946. She was sold on 5 May 1947 to Captain A. S. Oko for operation as a bulk carrier. She was scrapped in 1952. See also USS Menemsha (AG-39) sister ship in Navy USS Lake Pepin (ID 4215) sister ship in Navy in 1918 References External links navsource.org USS Aries (AK-51) Ships built in Duluth, Minnesota 1918 ships Lake ships Cargo ships of the United States Navy Maritime incidents in November 1944