"Väinämöinen" also participated in the distraction manoeuvre Operation Nordwind on 13 September 1941, during the course of which her sister ship "Ilmarinen" was lost to mines.In 1943 "Detachment Väinämöinen", which consisted of "Väinämöinen", six VMV patrol boats and six motor minesweepers, was moved east to take positions along the coast between Helsinki and Kotka.