Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - E kenyere ya na Pacific Fleet, "Palmer" sonyere na arụmọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ruo mgbe ọ kwụsịrị na San Diego na 31 May 1922. N'ebe ahụ, ọ nọ na nchekwa ruo mgbe ọ laghachiri na 7 August 1940. A gbanwere ya ka ọ bụrụ onye na-egwu egwu na akara DMS<unk>5 na November 19, ọ laghachiri Atlantic ma sonye na Ngalaba 19 (MinDiv 19) nke Norfolk, Virginia maka ọrụ escort na Atlantic na Oké Osimiri Caribbean. Ọ malitere na 24 Ọktoba 1942, na-enyocha Task Force 34 (TF 34) maka mwakpo nke North Africa.
, bịarutere na 7 Nọvemba n'akụkụ Fedala, ebe o mere nchọpụta nchọpụta tupu ọ banye n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri mgbochi ụgbọ mmiri. N'echi ya, "Palmer" jidere ụgbọ mmiri French "Joseph Elise", wee lụso batrị ndị iro ọgụ.