United States Coast Guard Service
The U.S. Navy transferred Biscayne to the United States Coast Guard at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay in Baltimore, Maryland on 10 July 1946. In Coast Guard service, Biscayne was commissioned as USCGC Dexter (WAGC-18) on 8 June 1949. She was later redesignated WAVP-385. Based at Boston, Dexter served on ocean stations in the Atlantic until she was decommissioned on 17 December 1952 and laid up at Curtis Bay.
On 30 June 1958, Dexter was recommissioned and transferred to Alameda, California, where she served in primarily a training role. She was reclassified as a high endurance cutter and redesignated WHEC-385 on 1 May 1966. Decommissioned for the final time on 9 July 1968, she was transferred to U.S. Navy, which sank as a target later in 1968.
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