 In the course of her service during World War II , Alaska was awarded three battle stars . On 30 August Alaska left Okinawa for Japan to participate in the 7th Fleet occupation force . She arrived in Incheon , Korea on 8 September and supported Army operations there until 26 September , when she left for Tsingtao , China , arriving the following day . There , she supported the 6th Marine Division until 13 November , when she returned to Incheon to take on Army soldiers as part of Operation Magic Carpet , the mass repatriation of millions of American servicemen from Asia and Europe . Alaska left Incheon with a contingent of soldiers bound for San Francisco . After reaching San Francisco , she left for the Atlantic , via the Panama Canal , which she transited on 13 December . The ship arrived in the Boston Navy Yard on 18 December , where preparations were made to place the ship in reserve . She left Boston on 1 February 1946 for Bayonne , New Jersey , where she would be berthed in reserve . She arrived there the following day , and on 13 August , she was removed from active service , though she would not be decommissioned until 17 February 1947 . 
