The ship made two voyages carrying troops home, one from Eniwetok and one from Tacloban, P.I., before being released from "Magic Carpet" duty at Los Angeles at the end of December.

On 17 January 1946, Scania sailed from San Pedro, California, and began a year of duty carrying cargo in the western Pacific.

The ship returned to Seattle on 12 December but soon departed on 21 January 1947 to provide local cargo service in the Aleutians.

Scania was decommissioned on 2 September 1947 and simultaneously delivered to the Maritime Commission Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California.

The ship was sold by the Maritime Commission on 13 July 1965 to Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, Oregon, for scrapping.