[1] After shakedown out of New London, Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts, Vagrant arrived at Newport, R.I., on 11 August 1942 for special duty under the orders of the Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier.
Successively transferred to the 1st and 3d Naval Districts for local operations in a patrol and training capacity, Vagrant was decommissioned and placed "in service" on 29 December 1943.
[1] After return to her pre-war owner, Harold S. Vanderbilt, Vagrant changed hands in about 1949 when she was acquired by Ralph C. Allen of Oyster Bay, New York.
Subsequently, picked up by the Orion Shipping and Trading Co., Vagrant remained on the Lloyd's Register of Yachts until 1947, when her named disappeared from the lists.
With the storm of February 20, 2010, the Regional Government of Madeira decided to renovate the entire area surrounding the vessel in order to create more green spaces, making it impossible for Vagrant to continue in the place where it was located.