Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1942, e zigara "Ward" n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ America ka ọ bụrụ ụgbọ njem na-agba oké ọsọ. E weghachiri aha ya APD-16 na February 1943, ọ gara South Pacific iji rụọ ọrụ na mpaghara Solomon Islands. O nyeere aka ịlụ ọgụ nke ndị agha Japan siri ike na Tulagi na 7 Eprel 1943, ma nọrọ ọtụtụ n'ime afọ ahụ fọdụrụnụ na escort na ọrụ njem. N'ọnwa Disemba, o sonyere na mwakpo nke Cape Gloucester. N'ime ọnwa itoolu mbụ nke afọ 1944, "Ward" gara n'ihu na-eso ya na ọrụ patrol ya ma sonyekwa n'ọtụtụ ụgbọ mmiri amphibious na Southwest Pacific, n'etiti ha bụ mwakpo na Saidor, Nissan Island,
Emirau, Aitape, Biak, Cape Sansapor, na Morotai.