She returned to her home port on 16 August – two days after hostilities with Japan ended – and embarked fresh troops to replace veterans in the Far East.

The ship entered the Bethlehem New York yard at 56th Street on 3 June to receive the repairs and modifications she would require upon assuming a slightly different role.

Steaming primarily between New York and Bremerhaven, Germany, she completed more than 150 round-trip voyages while carrying military dependents and European refugees and rotating combat-ready troops.

On three occasions between 1 April and 5 October, General Maurice Rose was dispatched to the eastern Mediterranean to support units of the U.S. 6th Fleet responding to political crises in Jordan.

She sailed via Long Beach, and Pearl Harbor to Qui Nhon, South Vietnam, where she arrived on 14 September and began debarking troops and supplies.

The ship was transferred to the permanent custody of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 30 June 1970 and shifted to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, Virginia.