East Coast Operations
The minesweeper completed her outfitting in Boothbay Harbor and, after a stop at Boston, Massachusetts, for additional preparations, headed south for Charleston, South Carolina, near the end of the second week in July. She arrived at that port on 15 July and conducted four weeks of shakedown training. On 12 August, the ship began the long passage to the U.S. West Coast and her permanent assignment.
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