"Alhena" arrived at San Francisco on 18 March and underwent a period of voyage repairs. She set sail on 12 April and shaped a course for the east coast. After transiting the Panama Canal, the cargo ship arrived at Norfolk on 1 May. One week later, she moved on to New York City. "Alhena" was decommissioned there on 22 May 1946, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 15 August 1946. She was transferred to the War Shipping Administration on 12 September 1946.