to Chinwangtao, China. Three Chinese enlisted men died aboard of disease during the trip, despite all sanitary precautions. On 27 November Ostara anchored in Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Two days later she departed for San Diego, (Editor's note: the DANFS entry seems to be missing something here) the Panama Canal, and arrived Norfolk, Va., 23 January 1946. Here preparations for the decommissioning of the ship were begun. Decommissioning was completed 1 March 1946. Ostara was stricken from the list of naval vessels 17 April 1946. On 26 June 1946 Ostara was transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal at Norfolk. Assigned to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Ostara was scrapped in 1965. References External links NavSource Online: AKA-33 Ostara 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