Post-Pearl Harbor Attack Operations
Widgeon operated in this capacity from April 1942-7 September 1943, when she got underway for the California coast. Arriving at San Diego on 18 September, the warship operated off the west coast as a torpedo recovery and submarine rescue ship into the spring of 1944, when she was relieved by Ortolan. In May, Widgeon returned to Pearl Harbor and resumed her operations as the Hawaiian-based submarine rescue vessel. She continued this duty through the end of the war in the Pacific and into November 1945, after which time she completed another tour at San Diego.
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