On 8 May 1947, United States Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal informed the United States Department of State that the United States Department of the Navy wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned, EK-18 among them.
On May 8, 1947, James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, requested the return of 480 out of the 585 ships transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use, including ship EK-18.