Fergus sailed from San Diego 19 April 1945 for Saipan, where she transferred Marines to another transport bound for Okinawa.

At Guam she unloaded cargo and embarked hospital patients for San Francisco, returning 24 June.

Her next voyage, between 1 July and 20 October, was devoted to redeployment of troops among Pacific bases and to occupation duty in Japan.

She was decommissioned 25 June 1946 at Pearl Harbor, and towed to San Francisco Bay, where she was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 4 September 1947.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.