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Following shakedown training, PC 1191 escorted a coastal convoy to [[Cape May]], N.J., before continuing southward along the eastern seaboard and arriving at [[Miami]], Fla., on 16 December 1942. Assigned to the Gulf Sea Frontier for duty at the Submarine Chaser Training Center (SCTC), Miami, the ship shifted to Key West on 7 January 1943 for brief operations at the sound school before returning to Miami on the 10th. She operated as a school ship, training officers, through February of 1943. Slated for transfer to the Caribbean Sea Frontier as soon as PC 1193 arrived to take up training duties at the SCTC, PC 1191 sailed for Guantanamo Bay on 12 March in the screen for convoy KG 626.

Following shakedown training, PC 1191 escorted a coastal convoy to [[Cape May]], N.J., before continuing southward along the eastern seaboard and arriving at [[Miami]], Fla., on 16 December 1942. Assigned to the Gulf Sea Frontier for duty at the Submarine Chaser Training Center (SCTC), Miami, the ship shifted to Key West on 7 January 1943 for brief operations at the sound school before returning to Miami on the 10th. She operated as a school ship, training officers, through February 1943. Slated for transfer to the Caribbean Sea Frontier as soon as PC 1193 arrived to take up training duties at the SCTC, PC 1191 sailed for Guantanamo Bay on 12 March in the screen for convoy KG 626.

Upon the completion of overhaul and drydocking, the submarine chaser escorted convoys between New York and Guantanamo Bay well into May. She then carried out patrols from Guantanamo Bay and escorted convoys between the Canal Zone and Cuban waters through August of 1944. At that point, PC 1191 was attached to the Panama Sea Frontier and operated from Cristobal and Coco Solo in the Panama Canal Zone through the end of hostilities with Germany in the spring of 1945.

Upon the completion of overhaul and drydocking, the submarine chaser escorted convoys between New York and Guantanamo Bay well into May. She then carried out patrols from Guantanamo Bay and escorted convoys between the Canal Zone and Cuban waters through August 1944. At that point, PC 1191 was attached to the Panama Sea Frontier and operated from Cristobal and Coco Solo in the Panama Canal Zone through the end of hostilities with Germany in the spring of 1945.

Assigned to Naval Reserve Training (NRT) duties in July 1946, PC 1191 conducted reserve training cruises out of Charleston in 1948--touching at Savannah, Ga., and at Jacksonville and Miami in Florida in the course of her operations. In 1949, she ranged the eastern seaboard from Charleston to New York before being placed in reserve at Norfolk, Va., in March 1950. While inactive, she was named Bel Air on 15 February 1956. Bel Air's name was struck from the Navy list in March 1959, and she was apparently disposed of by January 1961.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm]</ref>

Assigned to Naval Reserve Training (NRT) duties in July 1946, PC 1191 conducted reserve training cruises out of Charleston in 1948—touching at Savannah, Ga., and at Jacksonville and Miami in Florida in the course of her operations. In 1949, she ranged the eastern seaboard from Charleston to New York before being placed in reserve at Norfolk, Va., in March 1950. While inactive, she was named Bel Air on 15 February 1956. Bel Air's name was struck from the Navy list in March 1959, and she was apparently disposed of by January 1961.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]</ref>

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