On 8 November 1945, "Bunch" departed Shanghai for Hangchow Bay, where she led a small minesweeping and mine disposal unit of three motor minesweepers and two submarine chasers in clearing Japanese mines from a channel twelve miles long and a mile wide. After completing this mission, she departed Hangchow Bay on 15 November and set course for Okinawa, arriving at Buckner Bay on the 20th. Though she reported to the Commander, Minecraft, Okinawa, "Bunch" did not remain there for long. After loading cargo, she set out for Formosa on the 26th. The warship reached Kiirun, Formosa, the next day and remained there through the end of the month.