 "Discoverer" assisted the U.S. Coast Guard-manned transport which had run aground while rescuing survivors from the wrecked which had previously run aground herself at Amchitka on 12 January 1943.After bearing an almost charmed life while in the Coast Survey, operating in the tricky waters of the Alaska coastline, "Discoverer" sustained serious bottom damage when she grounded off the coast of Prince Rupert Island on 20 November 1943 and required assistance from the Navy tug .Following repairs, "Discoverer" remained with Merritt, Chapman, and Scott into 1946.