Pacific Theatre Operations
Operating out of Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, Widgeon served as the primary submarine rescue vessel for the Hawaiian area. During this time, she proved her versatility by recovering practice mines or torpedoes and served as a training ship for fleet divers. In late October 1925, she collided with the submarine R-8; R-8 suffered the loss of her periscopes, the destruction of her bridge, and damage to her radio antenna supports.
In 1926, Widgeon was extensively altered to increase her capabilities as a submarine rescue vessel (ASR). She finally was reclassified ASR-1 on 22 January 1936, over a decade after she began operating as such. On 16 July 1929 the Widgeon came alongside of the uss Burns and replaced underwater by divers a damaged propeller. It is believed that this was the first instance of work of this kind was accomplished.
Widgeon continued her routine operations out of Pearl Harbor into the late 1930s as the world crisis deepened in Europe and the Far East.
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