 After World War II, the Navy transferred 18 of the ships to the Coast Guard, in which they were known as the "Casco"-class cutters.The U.S. Navy loaned "Rockaway" to the Coast Guard on 24 December 1948.After undergoing conversion for use as a weather-reporting ship, she was commissioned into the Coast Guard service as the cutter USCGC "Rockaway" (WAVP-377) on 10 January 1949.