The Andrew & Rosalie was renamed American Eagle in 1941 by her then owner Ben Pine. By the end of the war she was done dory trawling, modernized with a big winch on deck. For another thirty years she went groundfishing with the Piscitello family out of Gloucester.
When her fishing career ended in August 1983 she had nets on board for shrimp, flounder as well as gear for catching haddock, cod, pollock, as well as blankets, pillows, and socks in the foc'sle.