 Then, temporarily attached to Train, Patrol Force at Culebra, Puerto Rico, she steamed to Bermuda in May for towing and servicing duties with MinDiv 14.Redesignated as Ocean Tug AT–137 on 1 June 1942, she was based at Bermuda until June 1943.During that time, towing and escort duties frequently took her to the east coast, while numerous salvage and rescue missions, including aid to the submarine and torpedoed Argentine tanker "Victoria", kept her busy at Bermuda and in nearby convoy lanes.