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She arrived in Japan the day after the truce went into effect; and, in early August, she assisted in transporting POW's from the off-shore islands to the Korean mainland for exchange. Salmon arrived at San Diego, California, on 25 April and performed local operations for the remainder of the 12 months. She then returned to San Diego, to resume native operations, on 4 May. Salmon departed Pago Pago on 13 August and re-entered San Diego on 26 August. She departed Portsmouth for the West Coast in late May, transited the Panama Canal on three July; visited Callao, Peru; and proceeded to San Diego, California, arriving on 25 July. From 6 January 1959 until 30 May, she underwent overhaul and limited conversion at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. On 10 August she sailed back to San Diego to arrange for overhaul. She completed inactivation overhaul and was decommissioned at Mare Island, California, on 22 June 1955. Four and one-half years later, on 10 December 1959, she was transferred to the Maritime Administration's National Defense Reserve Fleet; and, on 1 July 1960, her title was struck from the Navy list.
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