She loaded refrigerated cargo at Mobile, Alabama, transited the Panama Canal, and arrived Pearl Harbor 1 July 1945.

Her first passage was 23 October to 27 November, and on the second, beginning January 1946, the ship visited Okinawa, Jinsen, and Taku in support of American Marines in China.

Gordonia was subsequently renamed Whale Knot and was berthed with the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay, California.

She was returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, California, in early 1949.

Gordonia’s crew was eligible for the following medals: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.