In 1946, "Empire Gabon" was allocated to the Soviet Union. She was renamed "Ryazan". Her port of registry was Riga and the Code Letters UKED were allocated. On 12 November 1956, dockers at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom refused to work on "Ryazan", which had arrived from Riga and was to load a cargo of rubber. They were angry at the situation in Hungary. The dockers refused to load her cargo on to a Danish ship, saying "we won't handle any cargo for Russia". "Ryazan" sailed for Riga on 19 November. With their introduction in the 1960s, "Ryazan" was allocated the IMO Number 5294113. She served until 1979, when she was sold to Echkardt &amp; Co., Hamburg, West Germany and was renamed "Rudi". She was scrapped in 1979 at Santander, Spain.