The veteran ship steamed into Kerama Retto to repair battle damage later that afternoon, emerging on 16 April to join a carrier group operating off Okinawa in support of ground forces. She then sailed to Guam on 3 May for further repairs. Departing again on 26 June, "Jeffers" sailed via Saipan and Ulithi to Kerama Retto, and spent the next six weeks on minesweeping operations north of Okinawa. She was at anchor off Okinawa when the news of the Japanese acceptance of terms was received on 15 August 1945.