After a day and a half of battling the storm, Malabar finally anchored and discharged the rest of her stores to a U.S. Army installation ashore.

On 16 November she reached the Yangtze River and reported to CTU 67.2.3 for supply duty out of Shanghai until 4 December when she got underway for Seattle, Washington, arriving the 22d.

She arrived Bayonne, New Jersey, 1 July to spend the rest of the year cruising along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean from Argentia, Newfoundland, to Bermuda.

After a stop at Naples, Italy, she returned to the U.S. East Coast later in the month to continue her service force operations between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Norfolk, Virginia; and Argentia, interspersed with annual supply trips to Europe through the next 8 years.

However, her crew was eligible for the following medals: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.