She remained there until sometime in mid-July, when she sailed for Bermuda and shakedown training in the waters surrounding that island group.

For the next eight months, the gunboat screened coastal merchant traffic on the New York-to-Guantánamo Bay, Cuba circuit.

Early in May 1944, she added Key West, Florida, to her itinerary, but soon thereafter resumed her New York-Guantánamo Bay shuttles exclusively.

For the remainder of the war, Alacrity served along the east coast—first at Staten Island, then at New York, and – by mid-July – at Charleston, South Carolina.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.