Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1942, i tukuna a "Ward" ki te Tai Hauauru kia hurihia hei waka tere. I whakaingoatia ano a APD-16 i te Hui-tanguru 1943, ka rere ia ki te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga ki te mahi i te rohe o nga Moutere o Horomona. I awhina ia ki te whawhai ki te whakaeke rererangi a Hapanihi i Tulagi i te 7 o Aperira 1943, a ka pau te nuinga o te toenga o taua tau i runga i te ratonga kaitiaki me te kawe waka. I te marama o Tihema, i uru ia ki te whakaekenga o Cape Gloucester. I roto i nga marama tuatahi e iwa o te tau 1944, i haere tonu a "Ward" i tana mahi kaitiaki me te tirotiro, i uru hoki ki etahi taunga amphibious ki te tonga ki te tonga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, i roto i era ko nga whakaekenga ki Saidor, Nissan Island,
Ko Emirau, ko Aitape, ko Biak, ko Cape Sansapor, ko Morotai.