The ship was permanently transferred to Maritime Commission custody in September 1971 and sold for scrap in 1973.

From delivery until 9 September 1946 United States Lines operated the ship as the WSA agent.

Bald Eagle was transferred on 1 March 1950 to operate as one of MSTS' six refrigerated cargo ships with the designation T-AF-50.

The ship had a crew of 55 and had 323,309 cu ft (9,155.1 m3) of chill/freeze cargo capacity making regular runs between the United States east coast and northern Europe.

On 1 March 1973 the hull was sold to Andy International, Inc. for $75,666.66 and physically delivered from the James River Reserve Fleet for scrapping 1 June.