Post-war
With the termination of hostilities, Portland was designated flagship of Vice Admiral George D. Murray, Commander Mariana Islands, who was to accept the surrender of the Carolines. The ship steamed to Truk Atoll and there Admiral Murray, acting for Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, accepted the formal capitulation of the senior Japanese military and civilian officials in ceremonies aboard Portland.
Portland called at Pearl Harbor from 21–24 September, there embarking 600 troops for transportation to the United States. Transiting the Panama Canal on 8 October, she continued to the US, calling at Portland, Maine for Navy Day celebrations on 27 October. She reported on 11 March 1946 to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for inactivation and assignment to the Reserve Fleet. She decommissioned at Philadelphia on 12 July 1946 and was maintained in reserve status until struck from the Navy List on 1 March 1959. The cruiser was sold to Union Mineral and Alloys Corp., New York, N.Y. on 6 October, and scrapped at Wainwright Shipyard, Panama City, Florida in 1961–62.
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