 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Destroyer Squadron One yakanga iripo mukati mokurwiswa kwePearl Harbor pana 7 December 1941. Vaparadzi veDESRON-1 vakashumira sechikamu cheTask Force 11 mukuedza kubviswa kweWake Island neRabaul, pamwe chete nokuona chiito mukati meHondo yeGungwa reCoral. Vaparadzi veDESRON-1 vakaonazve chiito munguva yeHondo yeMidway uye Hondo yeEastern Solomons sechikamu cheTask Force 16. DESRON-1 vanoparadza gare gare akapa pamhenderekedzo bhomba sezvo Fire-Support Group Rudo uye Anti-ngarava pasi pemvura Anti-ndege rutsigiro sezvo Air Support Group 1 kuti kwokutanga danho Guadalcanal mushandirapamwe, uye Destroyer Squadron Mumwe akaona chiito panguva Hondo Komandorski Islands, kupinda Attu, uye kupinda Kiska panguva Aleutian Islands mushandirapamwe. Muna September 1943, chikwata chacho chakadzokera kuWest Coast kunovandudzwa. 