 In December 1942, "Dakotan" was transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease, and renamed "Zyrianin" ("Зырянин" ).Throughout the rest of the war, "Dakotan" made at least one trip to the United States, being photographed in port at San Francisco in August 1943.Near the end of World War II, the WSA offered a payment of $670,210 to American-Hawaiian for the former "Dakotan" as part of a $7.2 million settlement for eleven American-Hawaiian ships that had been requisitioned by the WSA.