 Upon completion of repairs and alterations at Adak on 31 October, "Boxwood" resumed tending the net defenses there early in November 1944.Subsequently ordered to Attu on 10 January 1945, "Boxwood" arrived on station two days later and relieved "Buckthorn".Relieved by that ship on 22 June 1945 to return to Adak for overhaul, "Boxwood" was still undergoing repairs and alterations when Japan capitulated in mid-August 1945.