for Kwajalein to take part in the Battle of Kwajalein, part of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign. Before dawn on 31 January 1944, she put reconnaissance troops ashore at Gehh (from where they moved to Ninni) and at Gea to control the Gea Pass into the southern end of Kwajalein Lagoon. She then took up bombardment, fire support, and reconnaissance duties off Kwajalein. On the 4 February 1944, she covered the capture of Bigej and, on 8 February 1944, departed for Pearl Harbor and then the West Coast of the United States. By 29 May 1944, however, she was back in the Pacific Theater, en route to Saipan with United States Marines embarked to take part in the Battle of Saipan. Until 24 June 1944, she screened the transport area and patrolled off Tinian, then retired to Eniwetok to escort convoys to Saipan. In July 1944 she resumed patrol and bombardment duties off Tinian during the Battle of Tinian, then covered tank landing craft (LCTs) bound for Guam, and, at the end of July 1944, escorted tank landing ships (LSTs) to Pearl Harbor. Overton steamed west again on 15 September 1944, this time to Manus, and from there, on 12 October 1944, to the Philippines to cover Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) personnel put ashore prior to the landings on Leyte. Supply convoy assignments preceded her next amphibious operation, the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. On 27 December 1944, she departed Humboldt Bay on the coast of New Guinea. On 6 January 1945, she entered Lingayen Gulf and on 7 January 1945 once again covered UDT personnel ashore. Throughout the landings and until 12 January 1945, Overton screened heavy units and transports, then retired to Leyte. From Leyte, Overton steamed to Ulithi Atoll, from where she screened the Fast Carrier Task Force′s logistics support group to underway replenishment areas until early March 1945. She next patrolled off Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, and, on 10 March 1945, resumed escort assignments. A run to Leyte was followed by convoy duty to Okinawa. She arrived at Okinawa on 11 April 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa and patrolled on radar picket station until 15 April 1945, then headed for Saipan. From there, she proceeded to the United States. Decommissioning and disposal Overton arrived at San Francisco, California, on 15 May 1945 and was ordered on to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for inactivation.