Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An sanya shi zuwa Pacific Fleet, "Palmer" ya shiga cikin ayyukan jiragen ruwa har sai da aka dakatar da shi a San Diego a ranar 31 ga Mayu, 1922. A can ya kasance a cikin ajiya har sai da aka sake dawowa a ranar 7 ga Agusta, 1940. An canza shi zuwa minesweeper tare da sunan DMS<unk>5 a ranar 19 ga Nuwamba, sai ya koma Atlantic kuma ya shiga Ƙungiyar Mines 19 (MinDiv 19) daga Norfolk, Virginia don aikin kulawa a cikin Atlantic da Caribbean Sea. Ta tashi a ranar 24 ga Oktoba, 1942, tana duba Task Force 34 (TF 34) zuwa mamaye Arewacin Afirka.
, ya isa ranar 7 ga watan Nuwamba daga Fedala, inda ya yi bincike kafin ya dauki tashar a cikin allon anti-submarine. Kashegari, "Palmer" ya kama jirgin ruwan Faransa mai suna "Joseph Elise", kuma ya shiga wani baturi na bakin teku na abokan gaba.