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Transiting the Panama Canal on 20 January and lingering for a day at Colon, on the Atlantic side of the isthmus, the repair ship reached New Orleans before the end of January and soon commenced work preparing LSM's and LCS's for inactivation, a task she performed into the summer. Decommissioned on 19 July 1946, Achilles was struck from the Navy list on 28 August 1946.

Transiting the Panama Canal on 20 January and lingering for a day at Colon, on the Atlantic side of the isthmus, the repair ship reached New Orleans before the end of January and soon commenced work preparing LSM's and LCS's for inactivation, a task she performed into the summer. Decommissioned on 19 July 1946, Achilles was struck from the Navy list on 28 August 1946.

On 14 March 1947, the Navy decided to transfer Achilles to China under lend-lease; and, on 8 September 1947, the repair ship was delivered to representatives of the Chinese Navy at New Orleans. Commissioned as Hsing An, on 5 November 1947, she sailed for China two days later. Little is known of the ship's active service under the Chinese flag, except that in fleeing the Red Chinese advance in 1949, she ran aground. Her crew then set fire to the hulk to deny the Chinese communists her use. The veteran of bombing at Morobe Bay and the kamikaze in San Pedro Bay, however, proved tougher—the communists salvaged her, refitted her, and renamed her Taku San. Her ultimate disposition, however, is cloaked in the mystery that usually surrounds ships that come into the hands of the Red Chinese Navy.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2/achilles.htm]</ref>

On 14 March 1947, the Navy decided to transfer Achilles to China under the [[Lend-Lease Act]]; and, on 8 September 1947, the repair ship was delivered to representatives of the Chinese Navy at New Orleans. Commissioned as Hsing An, on 5 November 1947, she sailed for China two days later. Little is known of the ship's active service under the Chinese flag, except that in fleeing the Red Chinese advance in 1949, she ran aground. Her crew then set fire to the hulk to deny the Chinese communists her use. The veteran of bombing at Morobe Bay and the kamikaze in San Pedro Bay, however, proved tougher—the communists salvaged her, refitted her, and renamed her Taku San. Her ultimate disposition, however, is cloaked in the mystery that usually surrounds ships that come into the hands of the Red Chinese Navy.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2/achilles.htm]</ref>

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