Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan shakedown a bakin tekun Maine, "Herndon" ya bi wani jirgin daga New York City zuwa Casablanca, ya koma New York 14 Mayu 1943 ya bi wani tanki. Ta tashi daga Norfolk a ranar 8 ga Yuni, ta isa Algiers a ranar 24 ga Yuni kuma ta shirya don taka muhimmiyar rawa a yakin Sicilian.
Ka yi haƙuri. Yayin da sojojin Amphibious na Allied karkashin jagorancin Janar Dwight D. Eisenhower suka kaddamar da hare-haren farko a "ƙananan ƙasashen Turai" 10 Yuli 1943, "Herndon" ya yi aikin kula da jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa da kuma goyon bayan wuta ga Janar Janar George S. Patton na Amurka da Janar Bernard L. Montgomery na Birtaniya. Da yake barin Bahar Rum a ranar 3 ga watan Agusta, "Herndon" ya shafe watanni tara masu zuwa a kan jiragen ruwa a fadin Atlantic daga New York zuwa wasu tashar jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya yayin da aka yi amfani da shi don mamaye Faransa. A ranar D, 6 ga Yuni, 1944, "Herndon" ya fito daga Omaha Beach, a gaba a "Bald-headed Row" a gaban raƙuman farko. Duk da mummunar wuta daga batura na abokan gaba, ta harbe makamai masu linzami a bakin teku.