Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1942, an tura "Ward" zuwa Yammacin Tekun don a mai da shi jirgin ruwa mai saurin gudu. Redesignated APD-16 a watan Fabrairun 1943, ta tashi zuwa Kudancin Pacific don aiki a yankin Solomon Islands. Ta taimaka wajen yakar wani mummunan harin jirgin sama na Japan a Tulagi a ranar 7 ga Afrilu 1943, kuma ya kashe mafi yawan sauran wannan shekarar a kan rakiyar da sabis na sufuri. A watan Disamba, ta shiga cikin mamayewar Cape Gloucester. A cikin watanni tara na farko na 1944, "Ward" ya ci gaba da aikinta na kulawa da kulawa da kuma aiki kuma ya shiga cikin 'yan amphibious da yawa a kudu maso yammacin Pacific, daga cikinsu akwai hare-haren da aka yi a Saidor, Nissan Island,
Emirau, Aitape, Biak, Cape Sansapor, da kuma Morotai.