Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mmezi zuru ezu, "Hovey" gara Pearl Harbor na July 29 iji ghọọ ụgbọ mmiri nke Mine Squadron Two (Commander W. R. Loud). Ọ hapụrụ Port Purvis na Florida Island, na Solomons, na 6 Septemba dịka akụkụ nke mgbochi ụgbọ mmiri maka Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf's Western Gunfire Support Group maka ọrụ na ndịda Palaus. Mgbe ọ gachara n'agbata agwaetiti Angaur na Peleliu nakwa na Kossol Passage, "Hovey" bidoro ọrụ nchebe ụgbọ mmiri n'ebe a na-ebugharị ụgbọ mmiri n'akụkụ agwaetiti Peleliu. Ọ sonyeere Minesweeping na Hydrographic Group nke Rear Admiral Thomas Sprague's Escort Carrier Group maka mbuso agha nke Leyte
(17<unk>25 Ọktoba 1944). N'ụbọchị nke iri na asaa, ọ malitere ịga n'ihu ụgbọ njem ndị na-agba ọsọ ọsọ na ụgbọ mmiri na-akwado ọkụ na-abịaru nso n'ụsọ osimiri ndị dị na Dinagat Island. Mgbe ọ gafesịrị n'Ọnụ Mmiri Looc na Tacloban-Dulag, "Hovey" lara ezumike nká na Manus na Ọktọba 25.