Naval Station Norfolk
She departed New Orleans on 11 December 1945 and sailed to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia arriving the on 16th and remained there until her decommissioning on 7 February 1946 and entered the Atlantic Fleet in Reserve. On 24 April 1948 "Pecatonica" recommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk. Following shakedown, she conducted coastal logistic voyages along the Eastern Seaboard, making occasional trips to the Caribbean, through 1951.