Arthur Middleton was transferred to the Naval Transportation Service on 1 February 1946. During the next four months, the transport made six round trips between San Francisco and Pearl Harbor. She then steamed through the Panama Canal and continued on to Norfolk, Virginia, where she arrived on 19 July 1946. The ship was placed out of commission at Norfolk on 21 October 1946 and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. At the end of a dozen years in reserve, her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 October 1958; and the ship was transferred to the Maritime Administration for layup in the James River. She was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet on 3 March 1959. The vessel was sold for $96,666 on 9 May 1973 to the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Brownsville, Texas, and was later scrapped. Arthur Middleton won six battle stars for her World War II service. There was another ship with the name Arthur Middleton, a Liberty (EC2-S-C1) launched and delivered May–June 1942, operating at the same time as the USS Arthur Middleton until sunk by an explosion off Oran, North Africa 1 January 1943. As of 2005, no other ship in the United States Navy has been named Arthur Middleton. Notes References References cited APA-25 Arthur Middleton, Navsource Online. USS Arthur Middleton AP-55 / APA-25, U.S. Coast Guard. Further reading Coast Guard At War: Volume V: Transports & Escorts, Part II. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Historical Section, Public Information Division, 1949. The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II, By Malcolm Francis Willoughby Page 187: Middleton actions at Amchitka (Aleutian Islands) January 1943. The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II By Robert Cressman Page 142: Middleton rescue and grounding at Amchitka (Aleutian Islands) 13 January 1943. External links African Comet launch photo Type C3-P&C ships Ships built in Pascagoula, Mississippi 1941 ships Merchant ships of the United States Arthur Middleton-class attack transports World War II auxiliary ships of the United States World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign Ships named for Founding Fathers of the United States