Return To Stateside
On 18 November she sailed for the U.S. West Coast, arriving San Diego, California, 29 November. She returned to Pearl Harbor on 29 January 1945 and resumed tug and target towing services. On 21 April she assisted in salvage operations of grounded merchantman SS Sarensen. While towing a gunnery target on 4 May, she rescued the pilot of an Army P-47 that had splashed while on a training flight.
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