 Too late for World War II service with the Soviet Navy, "EK-25" served as a patrol vessel in the Soviet Far East.In February 1946, the United States began negotiations for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Union for use during World War II.On 8 May 1947, United States Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal informed the United States Department of State that the United States Department of the Navy wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned, "EK-25" among them.