 After World War II, the Navy transferred 18 of the ships to the Coast Guard, in which they were known as the "Casco"-class cutters.After she been inactive for more than two years, the U.S. Navy loaned "Barataria" to the Coast Guard on 17 September 1948.After undergoing conversion for use as a weather-reporting ship, she was commissioned into Coast Guard service as USCGC "Barataria" (WAVP-381) on 10 January 1949.