"Windlass" divers subsequently inspected that ship for underwater damage, and "Windlass" herself received a commendation for her part in averting a near disaster.Other operations performed by "Windlass" during 1951 included removing channel obstructions, raising an LCM and a small boat, refloating the grounded "PC-572" off Cedar Point, removing the obstruction which had fouled a propeller of , righting a target sled, conducting diving school, and mooring the hulk of the former "YC-313" in the Potomac River.