Territory of Alaska
In March 1921, the United States Forest Service vessel "Hiawatha" towed "Merganser" to Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. She conducted no fishery patrols, and nearly a year later, in early 1922, the BOF vessel towed her from Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, back to Seattle, where she underwent additional repairs and had her original Alco gasoline engine replaced with a new engine. After two months in Seattle, she was loaded aboard the Northwestern Fisheries Company ship "St. Paul", which transported her to Chignik, Territory of Alaska, arriving there on 25 April 1922.