The Maritime Commission turned it over for Merchant navy operation to a civilian contractor, the United States Lines.

On those days, the Rutland Victory used its deck guns to defend itself and other ships from Japanese Kamikaze plane attacks.

container ship and in 1972, it was sold to Universal Enterprise Inc. of Monrovia, Liberia, and renamed the SS Oriental Ace.

The SS Oriental Ace, operating as a Liberian container ship, started to leak in rough seas on its way from Seattle to Kobe, Japan.

The crew abandoned ship into the lifeboats and it sank on February 13, 1976 at 32.05N 152.43E, 600 miles East of Tokyo, Japan.