During World War II, it was purchased by the War Shipping Administration from Broadfoot Iron Works in Wilmington, North Carolina on July 31, 1942 and renamed the USS Butte. It was transferred to the Coast guard and patrolled the Atlantic Coast operating against U-boats and escorted coastal shipping.
It was also used as a radar training ship.
After the war, the ship was owned by several interests before being purchased by Israel in 1950. It was decommissioned and broken up in 1955.
--DaCoot
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