End-of-service
Puffin decommissioned at Boston 18 February 1944, and, on 12 June 1944, was reclassified Small Boat No. C–13546. She was delivered at Norfolk, Virginia, to War Shipping Administration (WSA) and sold to her former owner 20 April 1945. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 29 July 1947.
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