Skinner submitted his plan to the Secretary of the Navy and was allowed to sail his first weather patrol with a fully integrated crew.
The weather patrols were, for the most part, dull and tiring.
At that juncture, she received a temporary assignment to the United States Coast Guard's weather patrol.
Her duties remained similar to those she had while stationed at Norfolk and included weather patrols.
In December 1945 she operated from Pearl Harbor on a weather patrol.
She embarked upon her first weather patrol early in July 1945 and concluded her final one on 12 November 1945.
The Comanche was on weather patrol on station 'Able' as 1944 closed.
From 1 July until 23 August 1942, she was on weather patrol.
Almost 1 year later Menemsha, on a weather patrol, sighted a German submarine.
The determined weather patrol ship fired 20 rounds, one of which struck close aboard the fleeing sub's conning tower.
