<prompt> Hovey yakaenda kuPearl Harbor musi waJuly 29 kuti ive ngarava huru yeMine Squadron Two Mukuru W. R. Loud. Yakasimuka kubva kuPort Purvis paFlorida Island, muSolomon Islands, musi wa6 Gunyana sechikamu cheiyo anti-submarine screen yeRear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorfs Western Gunfire Support Group yemabasa kumaodzanyemba kwePalau. Pashure pokutsvaira pakati peAngaur nePeleliu Islands uye muKossol Passage, Hovey yakatora anti-submarine patrol munharaunda yekutakura kunze kwePeleliu Island. Yakabatana neMinesweeping uye Hydrographic Group yeRear Admiral Thomas Spragues Escort Carrier Group yekupinda kweLeyte  <response>: 1725 October 1944. Musi wa17 akatanga kupfuura mberi kwevatakuri vanokurumidza uye zvikepe zvinotsigira moto mukusvika kumahombekombe ekumhara paDinagat Island. Pashure pokutsvairazve kuburikidza neLooc Bay uye Tacloban-Dulag nzira Hovey yakadzokera kuManus 25 October. 