 "Windlass" subsequently recovered the wrecks of airplanes, salvaged small landing craft that had sunk during amphibious maneuvers, and participated in other classified projects in locales that ranged from Argentia, Newfoundland, to Chesapeake Bay; from Guantanamo Bay to Assateague Island; and from San Salvador to Nova Scotia.In addition, the ship cleared navigational channels and, again operating in company with "Salvager", raised the sunken "YTB-495" in mid-June 1960.She retrieved the downed airship "KE-5" in mid-July of that year and recovered two destroyer anchors slipped during Hurricane Donna in September 1960.