"alexandria" conducted shakedown and anti-submarine warfare (asw) training out of guantanamo bay, cuba, in late march and early april. she concluded shakedown on 19 april and put into the norfolk navy yard on the 22nd to begin post-shakedown availability. her repairs were finished on 4 may, and three days later, the war in europe ended. the latter event obviated the primary mission for which she had been constructed, prosecution of the battle of the atlantic against german u-boats. thus, when she reported for duty with the commander, destroyers, atlantic fleet, on 15 may, the patrol frigate received an alternative assignment as a weather ship. after receiving modifications at the charleston navy yard, she began weather patrol duty off the newfoundland coast late in june 1945.