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Upon arrival, she embarked passengers bound for Tyee, Alaska. Underway at 1740 on Christmas Eve, Baranof proceeded to her destination with a salvage party to secure cargo from the grounded merchantman Port Orford. Falling in with the Coast Guard cutter McLane on Christmas Day, Baranof moored at Tyee that afternoon to await more favorable weather. On 27 December, she recovered material from Port Orford and then headed for Petersburg, Alaska.

Upon arrival, she embarked passengers bound for Tyee, Alaska. Underway at 1740 on Christmas Eve, Baranof proceeded to her destination with a salvage party to secure cargo from the grounded merchantman Port Orford. Falling in with the Coast Guard cutter McLane on Christmas Day, Baranof moored at Tyee that afternoon to await more favorable weather. On 27 December, she recovered material from Port Orford and then headed for Petersburg, Alaska.

Early in 1944, Baranof received orders to proceed to San Francisco, Calif., and report to the Commandant, 12th Naval District, for duty. Underway from Alaskan waters on 10 January, she reached San Francisco on the 16th. Baranof was docked and undocked in the floating drydocks ARD-15 and ARD-47 apparently to give their crews practice in those operations and conducted training cruises in San Francisco Bay for engineering students from the naval base at Oakland.

Early in 1944, Baranof received orders to proceed to San Francisco, Calif., and report to the Commandant, 12th Naval District, for duty. Underway from Alaskan waters on 10 January, she reached San Francisco on the 16th. Baranof was docked and undocked in the floating drydocks ARD-15 and ARD-47 apparently to give their crews practice in those operations and conducted training cruises in [[San Francisco Bay]] for engineering students from the naval base at Oakland.

Baranof moored at Treasure Island on 19 February 1944 to be prepared for inactivation. She was decommissioned on 2 March 1944. While little is recorded of her employment thereafter, on 7 February 1945 the Chief of Naval Operations recommended that the names of certain miscellaneous district auxiliary craft (YAG) be cancelled. This received Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal’s approval, and Baranof became simply YAG 11 on 1 March 1945. Six months later, even this alphanumeric “name” was struck from the Navy list in September 1945, and she was placed in reserve at Puget Sound. Turned over to the War Shipping Administration for disposition in January 1947, the ship was acquired by the Washington Fish and Oyster Co., of Seattle, in 1948 and resumed mercantile operations as Western Trader. She retained that name under a succession of owners until disappearing from the American Bureau of Shipping Register in 1968.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b2-list.htm]</ref>

Baranof moored at Treasure Island on 19 February 1944 to be prepared for inactivation. She was decommissioned on 2 March 1944. While little is recorded of her employment thereafter, on 7 February 1945 the Chief of Naval Operations recommended that the names of certain miscellaneous district auxiliary craft (YAG) be cancelled. This received Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal’s approval, and Baranof became simply YAG 11 on 1 March 1945. Six months later, even this alphanumeric “name” was struck from the Navy list in September 1945, and she was placed in reserve at Puget Sound. Turned over to the War Shipping Administration for disposition in January 1947, the ship was acquired by the Washington Fish and Oyster Co., of Seattle, in 1948 and resumed mercantile operations as Western Trader. She retained that name under a succession of owners until disappearing from the American Bureau of Shipping Register in 1968.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b2-list.htm]</ref>