 Nineteen of the "Ravnaas" crew were transported with SS "Simeon G. Reed" to San Francisco, arriving there in May 1945.Baardson and Jensen were freed from the Roku Roshi POW Camp on Honshu after the Japanese surrender in August 1945, along with imprisoned American troops.In 1981 Brynjolv Baardson published the memoir book "Kiotskee!