Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1942, i tukuna a "Ward" ki te Tai Hauāuru mō te huri ki tētahi waka tere-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, a, i uru atu hoki ki etahi taunga amphibious ki te tonga o te tonga o te Moananui a Kiwa, i roto i era ko nga whakaekenga ki Saidor, Nissan Island, Emirau
, Aitape, Biak, Cape Sansapor, me Morotai.