to return to Pearl on the 25th. Departing on 14 May, she returned to Hawaii the day before the Surrender of Japan and was assigned to Operation "Campus", the occupation of the Japan's home islands. She got underway for Kyūshū 1 September, mooring 16 days later at Sasebo where she disembarked units of the U.S. 5th Marine Division. Completing another occupation troop lift, from the Philippines to Sasebo, in early October, she joined in operation Operation "Magic Carpet", the transportation of veterans back to the United States. With San Francisco as her terminus she completed two "Magic Carpet" runs by mid January 1946. The next month she sailed for the East Coast, arriving at Norfolk on the 26th. Conversion to survey ship, 1946 In June 1946, she entered Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for conversion to a survey ship and on 12 July was renamed Maury designated AGS-16. As Maury she emerged from the shipyard in October with a new silhouette. Electronic survey and sounding equipment, as well as photographic, printing, and repair shops had been added within her compartments and a helipad, helicopter, and sound boats had been provided topside. The boats would be used in charting positions and depths accurately, while the ship's helicopter would transport surveyors and their equipment to points ashore and perform aerial photographic missions. On 6 January 1947 Maury got underway for the Pacific and her first hydrographic mission, the charting of the waters around Truk and Kwajalein. Having added to navigational knowledge of those areas she sailed for San Francisco, arriving on 13 September and remaining until 11 July 1948. She then got underway for New York City where she reported for duty with Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, on 10 August. Atlantic Fleet, 1948–1959 During 1949, 1950, and 1951, Maury made three 8-month cruises to the Persian Gulf, constructing charts of those waters, accompanied by the tugs and . In October 1952, in concert with and she began a resurvey of the North Atlantic, to correct existing false soundings on navigational charts and studying methods for hurricane and weather predictions. Through 1957 she served in the Western Atlantic, surveying as far north as Newfoundland in the summer months and working to the south, as far as the West Indies, during the winter. In 1958 Maury returned to the Mediterranean for an abbreviated deployment, from 3 February to 9 May. In July her North Atlantic resurvey