 Although the company had abandoned its original Hawaiian sugar routes, "Dakotan" continued inter-coastal service through the Panama Canal in a relatively uneventful manner over the next twenty years.One incident of note occurred on 20 August 1923 when "Dakotan" issued distress calls after she ran aground at Cabo San Lázaro on the Pacific coast of Mexico.The Navy transport ship and the Standard Oil tanker "Charles Pratt" responded to "Dakotan"s calls.