US East Coast, 1943
Following tests and fitting out, Tumult began escort duties on the Eastern Sea Frontier late in March 1943. In April, the new minesweeper participated in anti-submarine warfare training out of Key West, Florida. On the 21st, she began minesweeping, fueling, and anti-aircraft drills in company with other minesweepers on Virginia's York River. Then, on the 24th, she got underway for Bermuda and searched en route for survivors from the freighter SS Santa Catalina which had been sunk. Tumult discovered debris and a life ring on the 26th but failed to find any survivors.
Following repairs at Norfolk, Virginia, the minesweeper escorted a group of small coastal transports which departed from Charleston, South Carolina, on 15 May. The short voyage to Key West, Florida afforded her practice in escort procedures.
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