 She returned to Saipan 24 May and, during the remaining months of the war, shuttled troops and equipment among the Marianas, Philippines and Okinawa staging areas for the planned invasion of Japan.The enemy's acceptance of Allied peace terms obviated an invasion, so "LST-853" then operated in the Far East, transporting occupation forces until early December.Arriving Saipan 13 December 1945, she embarked veterans of the Pacific fighting in the Marianas and sailed for the United States in January 1946.