Satyr anchored in Tokyo Bay off Yokosuka on 25 September. On the 10th, she sailed for Okinawa, whence she continued on to Japan for occupation duty. Temporary duty with Service Division 103 (ServDiv 103) occupied the first week of September. Ten days later, she continued west in a convoy of LST's and APD's, but a collision the next day sent her to Saipan for repairs to her bow doors. By the end of July, the ARL had crossed the International Date Line and, on 10 August, she joined the Pacific Fleet's Amphibious Force at Guam. During the next month, she underwent training exercises in Chesapeake Bay and on 3 June, she departed the east coast for the Panama Canal, California, and duty in the Pacific Fleet.
Following her initial commissioning, LST-852 proceeded to Jacksonville, Fla., where she was decommissioned on 28 December 1944, converted to a landing craft repair ship and recommissioned as Satyr (ARL23) on 28 April 1945. launched on 13 November 1944 and commissioned on 27 November 1944, Lt. Achelous ) Satyr was laid down as LST-852 on 16 August 1944 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, Ill.
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