Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Dickerson" an sake sanya shi APD-21 a ranar 21 ga Agusta 1943. Ta tashi daga Norfolk 1 ga Nuwamba 1943 zuwa Pacific. Ta bi sahun jiragen ruwa daga Espiritu Santo zuwa Guadalcanal, sa'an nan kuma ya kasance a cikin Solomons a kan sintiri da kuma aikin kulawa na gida. A ranar 30 ga watan Janairun 1944, ta sauko da wani rukunin bincike na New Zealanders a kan Green Island, ya sake dawo da su jim kadan bayan tsakar dare na 1 ga watan Fabrairun bayan da jiragen ruwa suka yi amfani da jiragen sama na abokan gaba. A ranar 15 da 20, ta sauko da sojoji a tsibirin don kamawa da mamaye shi, kuma a ranar 20 ga Maris ta sauko da sojan ruwa a tsibirin Emirau.
ba tare da adawa ba.