Departing Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 20 July 1945, bound for the United States West Coast, "Unimak" transited the Panama Canal on 26 July 1945 and arrived at San Diego on 3 August 1945. She got underway for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 12 August 1945. She was en route when hostilities with Japan ended on 15 August 1945 bringing World War II to a close.