 Returning to Baltimore for repairs and alterations which included the removal of her armament and the stalls for animal cargo, "El Occidente" sailed again on 15 January 1919 for Bordeaux where she unloaded cargo for the Army of Occupation and embarked 90 passengers for return to the United States.She was decommissioned at New York on 18 March 1919, and delivered to the United States Shipping Board the same day.Returned by the USSB in March 1919, "El Occidente" resumed cargo service with the Morgan Line, where she had almost 15 years of routine operation.