Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Daga 15 ga Mayu zuwa 5 ga Agusta 1944 "Daly" yayi aiki a cikin ayyukan Yammacin New Guinea. Ta ba da tallafin wuta da harbi a yankin Toem-Wakde-Sarmi, daga Biak, Noemfoor, da Mios Woendi Islands, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mai tsaron radar da haɗin jirgin ruwa tsakanin saukowa da kuma rufe sojojin daga Cape Sansapor. Bayan wani ɗan gajeren lokaci a Sydney, Ostiraliya, ta tashi daga Humboldt Bay 11 Satumba don mamayewar Morotai, ta samar da sintiri da tallafin wuta kafin komawa Manus 29 Satumba. Ta fara ne a ranar 11 ga Oktoba don bayar da tallafin wuta ga sojojin da suka mamaye Leyte.
kuma ya shiga cikin aikin jirgin ruwa tare da jiragen ruwan Japan a lokacin yakin Surigao Strait na yakin basasa na Leyte Gulf a ranar 25 da 26 ga Oktoba. "Daly" ya koma Manus a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba kuma bayan kwana shida ya tashi don gyaran West Coast.