Coastal Rescue Operations
Kewaydin departed Reykjavík 19 April for Argentia, Newfoundland, where she arrived 28 April for duty as harbor tug and target-towing ship for Task Force 22. She served at Argentia until she sailed 2 June for Norfolk, arriving on the 7th. Resuming duty out of Norfolk, Kewaydin towed antisubmarine and surface targets in Chesapeake Bay and steamed from Maine to South Carolina on towing and salvage duty. While steaming off Cape Henry 17 and 18 November, she helped to free grounded USS Melville; and during towing operations along the New England coast 11 to 13 December, she searched for SS Suffolk, disabled in heavy seas.
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