"Hovey" yakaenda kuPearl Harbor musi waJuly 29 kuti ive ngarava huru yeMine Squadron Two (Mukuru W. R. Loud). Yakasimuka kubva kuPort Purvis paFlorida Island, muSolomon Islands, musi wa6 Gunyana sechikamu cheiyo anti-submarine screen yeRear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf's Western Gunfire Support Group yemabasa kumaodzanyemba kwePalau. Pashure pokutsvaira pakati peAngaur nePeleliu Islands uye muKossol Passage, "Hovey" yakatora anti-submarine patrol munharaunda yekutakura kunze kwePeleliu Island. Yakabatana neMinesweeping uye Hydrographic Group yeRear Admiral Thomas Sprague's Escort Carrier Group yekupinda kweLeyte
(17<unk>25 October 1944). Musi wa17 akatanga kupfuura mberi kwevatakuri vanokurumidza uye zvikepe zvinotsigira moto mukusvika kumahombekombe ekumhara paDinagat Island. Pashure pokutsvairazve kuburikidza neLooc Bay uye Tacloban-Dulag nzira "Hovey" yakadzokera kuManus 25 October.