 After leaving the shipyard in convoy with USRC "Apache", she arrived at Baltimore, Maryland 27 April and was placed in commission by the Revenue Cutter Service at its depot at Arundel Cove, Maryland on 23 May 1912.After spending the summer outfitting at the USRC Depot, Washington Navy Yard and Newport News Shipbuilding, she received orders to report to the RCS Northern Division at Port Townsend, Washington on 6 September 1912.Departing Norfolk, Virginia on 26 September, "Unalga" arrived at Port Said, Egypt on 1 November after making stops at ports of call at Gibraltar, Naples, Italy and Malta.