Returning to Yokosuka on 6 July, LST-1082 carried out amphibious assault training with Army field artillery troops along the coast of Japan before transporting them to Pusan.
Named USS Pitkin County (LST-1082) on 1 July 1955, she operated on the West Coast until she decommissioned at San Diego on 1 September 1955 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet.