"Delegate" sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, 14 July 1945 and called at Guantánamo Bay, San Pedro, Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, and Saipan before arriving at Usuki Bay, Kyūshū, 3 November as escort for two LST's.She swept mines in Tsushima Straits from 15 to 22 December, then supervised Japanese minesweepers clearing the northern Futagami minefields from 20 January to 26 January 1946.