"Kenneth Whiting" departed Okinawa on 19 September and anchored at Sasebo two days later. The tender was then assigned to China duty, arriving Hong Kong on 14 October. Her patrol bombing (VPB) squadron commenced patrol courier service, and continued this until she was relieved 28 November. She arrived San Francisco on 22 December with 572 Navy officers scheduled for release. With the close of the war and the emergence of the Atomic Age, "Kenneth Whiting" cleared San Diego on 6 May 1946 to operate with support forces during atomic tests at Bikini. She returned to San Diego 30 August; transferred to San Pedro 30 October; and decommissioned there on 29 May 1947.