 After a refit, HMCS "Acadia" was assigned in mid-1941 for use as an anti-aircraft training ship and serving as a gunnery training vessel for crews of the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) fleet.In June 1944, HMCS "Acadia" was assigned to the training base and stationed at the nearby port of Digby, Nova Scotia where she was used for gunnery training for recruits and advanced gunnery training for petty officers and officers.Her wartime name of HMCS "Acadia" continues in use today for the Sea Cadet summer training camp held at the ship's old base at Cornwallis.