Salvaged in 1946, she was allocated as a war prize to China and renamed Yung Hao (Chinese: 永灏), but was forced to remain at Hong Kong by the British.

She served as Surf Pilot, a tender to HMS Terror until 1958 and was subsequently scuttled off Pulau Aur, Malaya in 1960.

[2] She sailed between Japan, China, Formosa, French Indochina, Malaya, the Philippines and Singapore over the next few years carrying oil, troops and military cargo.

[2] Kuroshio Maru was bombed and sunk on 9 January 1945 at Takao, Formosa by aircraft of Task Force 38, United States Navy.

[4] Yung Hao was requisitioned by the British Admiralty on 7 April to prevent her from falling into Chinese hands on orders from Governor Sir Alexander Grantham.

[8] It was discovered that Yung Hao's engine had been disabled, so she was towed from Hong Kong to Singapore, with a Royal Navy crew for the voyage, by RFA Salvalour, escorted by HMS Charity, arriving on 24 April 1951.

[10][11] China requisitioned all property belonging to the British-owned Asiatic Petroleum Company in retaliation for the seizure of the ship.

[12] The intention was that she would be repaired and sailed to the United Kingdom for use by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Surf Pilot.

[4][2][3] On 5 June 1987, the British and Chinese governments reached an agreement over the vessel and the requisitioning and a treaty to this effect was later signed in Beijing.