from early 1966 to early 1971 she was once again homeported at miami. on 19 february 1966 she transported 16 cuban refugees from gun cay, bahamas to miami. on 4 october while responding to the grounding of mv "transporter" off miami beach, she was herself grounded and holed. the crew was forced to abandon ship. after being refloated on 9 october, she was towed to miami beach for repair and refit. on 28 march 1967, she embarked seven cuban stowaways from mv "amfialia" and delivered them to key west, florida. on 31 may 1970 the refueled and escorted a distressed 18 foot pleasure craft to miami. her homeport was shifted to sarasota, florida in march 1971. on 28 december 1977 she seized the mv "marania" for carrying contraband.