Hunt was one of the 50 overage ships exchanged with the British in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. She got under way from Newport 3 October 1940, and reached Halifax, Nova Scotia on 5 October. The following day she embarked 100 British officers and sailors for training. On 8 October she decommissioned from the U.S. Navy and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Broadway (H90).
