Due to rough seas, the destroyer escorts could not help the ships when they arrived, other than to protect them from potential enemy U-boats.

Late in the afternoon of March 2, the captain of Lone Jack gave the order to abandon ship as the tanker had no power and was adrift.

[8] Frontenac Victory made four trips moving horses, heifers, and mules, as well as a some chicks, rabbits, and goats.

[9][10][11] After the war, in 1947, Frontenac Victory was laid up at James River as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.

SS Frontenac Victory served as a merchant marine ship supplying goods for the Korean War.

SS Frontenac Victory transported goods, mail, food, and other supplies, making 11 trips between 1951 and 1952.

[12][13][14] On December 21, 1952, the Liberty ship SS Quartette steamed through the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands when high winds and rough seas pushed her onto a coral reef, damaging the two forward cargo holds.