Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga kammalawarsu ta tsakiyar yakin duniya na biyu, "Gridley" huɗu sun kafa Rukunin Rashin Gida 11 na Squadron Destroyer 6. An kafa shi a Pearl Harbor a 1941, rundunar ta kasance a cikin teku a ranar 7 ga watan Disamba, 1941, sa'an nan kuma aka warwatse a tsakanin rundunonin dakarun dakarun jiragen sama a lokacin da Marshalls-Gilberts ya kai hari a farkon 1942. Yayin da aka tura "Gridley" da "McCall" zuwa Aleutians a watan Yuni, "Maury" yana cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Tekun Coral
kuma Midway, sa'an nan kuma ya tafi Guadalcanal, inda ta shiga cikin yakin Tassafaronga a watan Nuwamba. "Craven" da "McCall" sun biye da jiragen ruwa zuwa Guadalcanal a wannan lokacin. An sake haɗuwa da jiragen ruwa guda huɗu na aji don nunawa don saukar New Georgia a watan Yuni 1943; sannan Maury ya kasance a yakin Kolombangara a watan Yuli, kuma tare da "Craven" don yakin Gulf Vella a watan Agusta. "Maury" ya karbi lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa don lokacin 1 Fabrairu 1942 zuwa 6 Agusta 1943. "Gridley" da "Maury" sun kasance a &lt;a href="Battle%20of%20Tarawa"&gt; Gilbert Islands / Tarawa mamayewa &lt;/a&gt; a watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar. Duk masu hallaka guda hudu sun yi aiki tare a cikin yakin Marshalls da Marianas (ciki har da yakin da ake yi a cikin tekun Philippine) ta tsakiyar 1944, kuma, ba tare da "Craven" (wanda ya tafi Atlantic) ba, ya ci gaba da duba masu ɗaukar hoto a Philippines (ciki har da yakin Leyte Gulf) da kuma Formosa a cikin 1945.