Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An kammala gyare-gyare, "Hovey" ya tashi zuwa Pearl Harbor ranar 29 ga Yuli don zama babban jirgin ruwa na Squadron Two (Commander W. R. Loud). Ta tashi daga Port Purvis a tsibirin Florida, a cikin Solomons, a ranar 6 ga Satumba a matsayin wani ɓangare na allon anti-submarine don Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf's Western Gunfire Support Group don ayyukan a kudancin Palaus. Bayan da aka shafe tsakanin Angaur da Peleliu Islands da kuma Kossol Passage, "Hovey" ya ɗauki anti-submarine patrol a cikin yankin sufuri daga Peleliu Island. Ta shiga Minesweeping da Hydrographic Group na Rear Admiral Thomas Sprague's Escort Carrier Group don mamayewar Leyte
(17<unk>25 Oktoba 1944). A ranar 17 ga watan, ta fara farawa a gaban manyan jiragen ruwa da jiragen ruwa na wuta a cikin hanyar zuwa rairayin bakin teku a tsibirin Dinagat. Bayan da aka sake zagaye ta hanyar Looc Bay da Tacloban-Dulag, "Hovey" ya koma Manus a ranar 25 ga Oktoba.