 Further temporary repairs were completed there on 9 November, when she started back to the United States.Sailing via Bizerte and Oran, "Seer" arrived at Yorktown, Virginia, on 11 December and began repairs at the Norfolk Navy Yard on the 14th.By mid-March 1945, the work was completed, and the minesweeper conducted a series of tests off the Virginia coast for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory.