Not content to fend for herself, "Pigeon" worked tirelessly to help her sister ships and the other defenders of the Philippines. She replaced the gun on minesweeper . She fed an average of 125 men daily, and salvaged valuable equipment from submarine "Sealion". She also salvaged and transported deck loads of torpedoes to "Old Lady" "Canopus" to keep the Asiatic Fleet submarines armed. When Manila was declared an "open city", she towed "Bittern" to Mariveles. She made underwater repairs to submarine , supplied submarine with both fresh and battery water; and, towed all manner of supply-laden barges and small craft between Manila, Corregidor, Bataan, and Mariveles. She even charged air flasks for the torpedoes of PT boats.