Pakati paDecember 1943 naApril 1944, "Emmons" akarinda vatakuri vengarava mukati memabasa avo paNewport uye muCasco Bay, achibetsera mukurovedza vatyairi vendege. Musi waApril 20 akafamba kubva kuMaine mvura kuenda kuAzores, uye Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, achisvika musi waMay 1 nokuda kwekutarisa anti-submarine. Musi waMay 17, boka rake rakabatanidzwa pamwe chete nendege dzeBritain kunyudza HMS Emmons, uye zuva rakatevera, "Emmons" akaenda kuEngland, uye kugadzirira kwekupedzisira kwekupinda kweFrance, 6 June. Pashure pokurinda pre-kurwisa minesweeping, iye akabatanidzwa inorema kubhomba pamberi kumhara. Emmons nedzimwe ngarava dzinoparadza dzakapinda muhondo, dziri kure nemamita asingasviki chiuru, nemabhatiri ari pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. Akagara kure nemhenderekedzo kwemazuva matatu semuchengeti wehondo huru yengarava dzakatarisana nevarume uye zvigadziro, ipapo akasiya basa mhiri kweChirungu Channel kuenda kuPlymouth, England, achiongorora ngarava yehondo. Kudzokera kunzvimbo yekurwisa 11 June, "Emmons" yakashanda muchidzitiro chinodzivirira kutakura uye kutumira ngarava kubva pakurwiswa kwepasi pemvura. Pashure replenishing pa Portland, England, kubva 21 kusvika 24 June, iye akaramba vachiona kumativi battleships uye cruisers musi 25 June muna Task Force 129 Bombardment pamusoro Cherbourg
vachitsigira kukunda kweUnited States First Army VII Corps paHondo yeCherbourg.