 She entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, where she remained until sold to Containership Chartering Service of Wilmington, Delaware for commercial use in 1967 under the MARAD Ship Exchange Program.The ship was rebuilt in 1968 by Willamette Iron & Steel Co., Portland, OR as the container ship SS "Portland", USCG ON 511487, IMO 6903216, for Sea Land Service.She was sold for scrapping in Taiwan in December 1986.