Following post-repair trials and practice torpedo-recovery operations in Hawaiian waters, she headed for the Marshalls on 10 May 1944 – in company with and towing barges "YOGL-7" and "YW-68" — and arrived at Majuro on 25 May. Five days later, "Turkey" headed for Kwajalein with "YF-412" and "YF-383" in tow and in company with "ATR-46", making port there on 1 June. Upon delivering her tows, she proceeded back to Majuro. Meanwhile, on 15 May 1944, she had been reclassified as an old ocean tug and redesignated ATO-143.