Dale Rogers returns to the continental United States and is honorably discharged from the Marine Corps.

There, the crew painted ship and kept on board only those passengers slated for transportation to San Diego, Calif. Bound for that port on the 9th, West Virginiamoored at the Navy Pier at San Diego at 1328 on October 22. Two days later, Rear Admiral I. C. Sowell hauled down his flag as Commander, BatDiv 4.