World War II Service
After shakedown along the U.S. West Coast, PCE-899 departed San Pedro, California, on 5 May for the Marianas. Steaming via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok, she reached Guam on 12 June and began weather station patrols out of Apra Harbor. Assigned to SerForPac, she gathered weather data in an area west of the Marianas. Placed in "caretaker status" 27 June 1946 at Apra, she resumed active status on 12 September under the command of LT M. H. Seaver.
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