 "Ash" continued to operate in the Pearl Harbor area until 11 May 1946, when she got underway for San Francisco, California.The net layer was moored at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard until 1 November when she got underway for Vancouver, Washington.She was placed out of commission there on 13 December 1946, and remained in reserve until 1 September 1962, when her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.