World War II
Departing Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on 9 August 1942 after the completion of her conversion, Cymophane in company with two motor minesweepers sailed by way of Cleveland, Ohio, and the St. Lawrence River to Nova Scotia where she joined a convoy and sailed on 26 August for New York, arriving on 2 September. She served at New York under the 3rd Naval District.
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