Over the next two years, Burns spent nearly $300,000 to restore her, retaining little of her original structure other than her hull. He rigged her to troll for tuna; later, he employed her for six years as a fish-packing vessel for a cannery at Friday Harbor, Washington. By 1978, the vessel had been renamed "Patricia". That year, "Snapper" Carson of Ketchikan, Alaska, purchased her for US$190,000. He renamed her "Crane" and used her until 2003 for salmon and herring fishing and packing. During Carson's ownership, "Crane" collided with an aluminum seiner under tow by another aluminum seiner that cut across her bow on a dark night while "Crane" was in the waters of British Columbia, heading north from Washington to Southeast Alaska; the sturdily built "Crane" almost sliced the seiner in half, but herself sustained no damage. On another occasion, when Carson placed "Crane" on a gridiron for the annual painting of her bottom, a large oil slick appeared to be spreading from her, but it turned out be creosote that "Crane"s great weight, a result of her strong construction, was squeezing from the gridiron's timbers. In November 2003, Chris Beaudin bought "Crane" for US$159,000. She underwent a major restoration, and when it was complete Beaudin placed her in service with the company Crane Adventures, using her as a gillnet tender in Southeast Alaska during summers and making her available for charter for tours and other outings. She was still in service as of 2005.