 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna June, July naAugust 1943, Drayton yaiperekedza ngarava dzinotakura mauto dzeAustralia kubva kuTownsville, Australia, kuenda kuMilne Bay, New Guinea. Pakuvamba kwaSeptember, ngarava yacho yakatsigira kumhara kwezvikepe paLae, New Guinea. Gare gare muna September, akabatanidzwa mukumhara kweamphibious paFinschhafen, New Guinea. Pashure pokuperekedza mauto kuenda kuArawe, New Britain, muna December 1943, Drayton yakabatanidzwa mukumhara ikoko uye paBorgen Bay, pedyo neCape Gloucester, New Britain. Mudzvinyiriri wacho akapinda mukupinda muLos Negros Island muAdmiralty Islands mukati meFebruary 1944. Akashuma ku7th Fleet muna October uye akaita patrol uye escort basa muLeyte Gulf. Muna December 1944, pavakanga vachiongorora ngarava dzakanga dzichienda kuSan Pedro Bay muPhilippines, imwe ndege yeJapan yakabhomba ngarava yacho, ichiuraya varume vaviri uye ichikuvadza vanomwe. Zuva rakatevera racho, akarwisa varwi vavengi; mumwe akadonha mu5 38 caliber gun mount, achiuraya varume vatanhatu uye vachikuvadza gumi nevaviri. Pakazosvika August 1945 akanga ava kuenda kuNew York, achisvika muna September. Drayton yakabviswa mubasa muna October 1945 uye yakatengeswa kuti ishandiswe muna December 1946. Akagamuchira nyeredzi 11 dzehondo nokuda kwebasa rake muHondo yeNyika II. 