 On 23 September 1971, "Rockaway" was once again reclassified, this time as an "off-shore law enforcement vessel," and was redesignated WOLE-377.Her main mission was to track the locations of the Russian and Japanese fishing fleets that were at that time depleting the fishing areas off the North Atlantic coast of North America.As a byproduct of this mission, "Rockaway" also conducted search and rescue missions that got her the nickname "Lobster Patrol".