[3] She was taken out of service, and rebuilt when Seattle completed its second fireboat, the Duwamish, in 1909.

Since Lake Union is not at sea level, fireboats stationed elsewhere have a long delay arriving at fires on or near Lake Union, because they have to transit canal locks.

She was finally retired from service, in Seattle, in 1932, when the great depression made maintaining her too much of a burden.

[4][5] It stated that, after her retirement from Seattle, she had been re-used for a variety of purposes.

A coast guard vessel towed her away from a Kodiak re-fueling dock, to a point where she could be left to burn out without posing further danger.