Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen Nuwamba, "Arunta" ya harbe a kan kayan kwalliyar Japan a New Guinea, kafin ya ba da tallafi ga saukar sojojin a Arawe, Cape Gloucester, da Saidor a watan Disamba na 1943 da Janairu 1944. A watan Maris, jirgin ruwa ya kai Amurka 7th Cavalry zuwa Admiralty Islands, kafin tallafawa saukar su a Hayne Harbour. Daga watan Afrilu zuwa Satumba, "Arunta" ya ba da tallafin harin bama-bamai don saukar da sojoji a Hollandia, Wakde (inda ta kama wani sojan Japan), Biak, Noemfoor, Cape Sansapor, da Morotai
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 13 ga watan Oktoba, "Arunta" ya kasance wani ɓangare na rundunar Sojojin da ke kan hanyar zuwa Leyte Gulf a Philippines, kuma ya kasance wani ɓangare na rundunar Sojojin da ke kan hanyar jirgin ruwa na Japan a ranar 25 ga Oktoba; yakin Surigao Strait. A cikin watan Janairun 1945, "Arunta" ya goyi bayan saukowa a Lingayen Gulf; yayin kusantar da jirgin saman kamikaze na Japan ya kusan kashe matukan jirgin biyu. Tsakanin 13 da 15 ga Fabrairu "Arunta" da 'yar'uwarta jirgin ruwa sun tashi daga Lingayen Gulf zuwa wani wuri game da yammacin Manila a shirye-shiryen ceton ma'aikatan jirgin saman Amurka da aka harbe yayin da suke kai hari kan wasu jiragen yakin Japan guda biyu da masu rakiyarsu wadanda ke dawowa Japan daga Singapore, amma wannan ya zama ba tare da wani abin da ya faru ba yayin da mummunan yanayi ya hana hare-haren da aka shirya.