Upon being commissioned in June 1944 , '' Mallow '' was assigned to the 12th Coast Guard District and homeported in San Francisco where she was used for ATON in the Pacific until the end of World War II . After the war , starting in September 1946 , she was stationed in Astoria , Oregon . In February 1958 , '' Mallow '' assisted with towing 6 miles south of Swiftsure Bank . In February 1989 , she assisted with recovering debris from the United Airlines Flight 811 crash off Hawaii
United Airlines Flight 811
United Airlines Flight 811
USCGC Mallow (WLB-396)