She then decommissioned 15 February at Gibbs Gas Engine Company of Jacksonville, Florida underwent conversion, and recommissioned as USS Proserpine (ARL–21), a landing craft repair ship, 31 May 1945.
She stopped functioning on 15 February at the Gibbs Gas Engine Company in Jacksonville, Florida, where she underwent renovation, and was then reactivated as USS Proserpine (ARL–21), a specialized vessel designed to repair amphibious landing craft, on 31 May 1945.