Selected for conversion to a salvage vessel for duty on the Pacific coast, the minesweeper was decommissioned at Charleston, South Carolina on 15 April 1922. She underwent conversion at the Charleston Navy Yard and was recommissioned there on 5 March 1923.
The minesweeper was selected to be converted into a rescue ship for service along the Pacific coast, and it was subsequently decommissioned in Charleston, South Carolina on 15 April 1922. It underwent renovation at the Charleston Navy Yard before being recommissioned there on 5 March 1923.