She was in turn relieved on 9 July and sailed to Singapore for an availability period.
In December, she began an availability period that lasted until 6 February 1958.
Spangenberg began an availability period at Boston on 3 March.
She entered another brief availability period at Pearl Harbor, then headed north.
She was in the yard from 26 to 31 August for a short availability period and sailed with a convoy on 3 September.
She finished out 1973 with availability periods, refresher training, and amphibious exercises.
The special training and availability period concluded on 23 January 1945.
She arrived on the 14th and entered an availability period until 3 October.
The warship had a brief availability period and then took part in a fleet training exercise.
While in port Singapore, numerous repairs were accomplished as part of an availability period.