After shakedown cruises off the Florida coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, the new minesweeper steamed from Miami, Florida on 2 April 1943; transited the Panama Canal; and arrived at San Francisco, California on 1 May.
The newly commissioned minesweeper embarked on a series of sea trials off the coast of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico before departing from Miami, Florida on 2 April 1943. It then proceeded through the Panama Canal and reached its destination in San Francisco, California by 1 May.