back to Japan, arriving at Hiro Wan, off Honshū, on late the 21st. She unloaded her cargo and disembarked her troops at Matsuyama early on the 23rd. At that point in time, Birgit joined the armada of ships assigned to Operation "Magic Carpet" duty, as she lay in Hiro Wan. Sailing for Okinawa on the 30th, she reached Buckner Bay on 1 November and embarked 407 returning servicemen the following afternoon. She weighed anchor for the United States shortly thereafter and arrived at San Francisco on 17 November. After repairs at the Kaiser dockyard at Richmond, California, Birgit sailed for the Philippines on the 25th, making Guiuan Roadstead at Samar on 13 December. Two days later, Birgit sailed for San Francisco once more with 478 homeward bound men and reached her destination on New Year's Day 1946. Decommissioning Released from "Magic Carpet" duty on arrival in San Francisco, the attack cargo ship was soon authorized for disposal. Sailing from the west coast on 28 January 1946, Birgit headed for the Gulf Coast and inactivation. Clearing the Panama Canal on 11 February, she finally reached Orange, Texas, on 10 March via New Orleans. Birgit was placed out of commission at Orange on 15 March 1946, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 21 May 1946. The ship was delivered to the Maritime Commission on 1 July 1946 at Mobile, Alabama, for further disposition. She was broken up during 1971 at New York. References External links NavSource.org: AKA-24 Birgit 51 Years of AKAs Artemis-class attack cargo ships World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Ships built in Providence, Rhode Island 1944 ships