Towed to Kwajalein Atoll after Operation Crossroads before being capsized December 1946, thus making her one of the Kriegsmarine ships who survived World War II.
The irradiated ship was towed to the Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific, where a small leak went unrepaired due to the radiation danger. On 29 August 1946, the US Navy decommissioned Prinz Eugen.