Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaritea ki te Pacific Fleet, ka uru atu a "Palmer" ki ngā mahi a te kaipuke tae noa ki te whakakorenga i San Diego i te 31 o Mei 1922. I reira ia i roto i te rahui tae noa ki te whakahoutanga i te 7 o Akuhata 1940. I hurihia ki te kaipuke maina me te tohu DMS<unk>5 i te 19 o Noema, ka hoki ia ki te Moana-a-Kiwa ka uru atu ki te Ropu Mine 19 (MinDiv 19) mai i Norfolk, Virginia mo te mahi kaitiaki i te Moana-a-Kiwa me te Moana Karipiana. I tukuna ia i te 24 o Oketopa 1942, i te tirotiro i te Task Force 34 (TF 34) ki te whakaekenga o Awherika ki te Raki
I tae mai ia i te 7 o Noema i Fedala, i reira i mahi ai ia i te tirotiro tirotiro i mua i te waahi i roto i te mata anti-submarine. I te ra i muri mai, ka mau a "Palmer" ki te kaipuke reti French a "Joseph Elise", ka whakaeke i tetahi papahiko takutai o te hoariri.