The submarine chaser operated in Japanese waters with the occupation forces until the beginning of 1946.

On 2 March 1946, she sailed for home after 4 months in Japanese waters and was decommissioned.

The bomber carrying a hydrogen bomb crashes into Japanese waters.

She remained in Japanese waters until late March 1946.

Those attacks continued until 28 March when she started back to Japanese waters for an additional strike on the home islands.

Additionally, they found radioactive fish, such as tuna, in Japanese waters.

On 8 April 1944, she got underway for Japanese waters and her sixth war patrol.

On 11 March, she got underway to return to Japanese waters.

Following the war, Hobart spent 1946 and 1947 in Japanese waters.

For the remainder of the 1969, she operated locally in Japanese waters.