 In company with five submarines of SubDiv 16, she first stopped at Honolulu for maneuvers with the Battle Fleet in Hawaiian waters.The following month, after turning over the flag of Pacific Submarines to "Savannah", "Beaver" sailed for the Philippines with six S-boats of SubDiv 16, arriving at Manila on 12 July.Over the next seven years, "Beaver" tended SubDiv 16 in Philippine and Chinese waters.