of the destroyer. A strong protest to both Spanish Civil War factions was made, and this forestalled similar incidents. She called at Bilbao and Gijon, embarking refugees who were taken to St. Jean de Luz, France. arrived at Gibraltar 27 September 1936 as flagship of Squadron Forty-T commanded by Rear Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield. This special squadron, initially comprising Raleigh, Kane, and , saved hundreds of American and other nationals from the dangers of the war in Spain. Kane and Hatfield were relieved by and 9 November 1937 and sailed for home. Kane entered the Charleston Navy Yard 22 November, and decommissioned 28 April 1938. World War II Kane recommissioned 23 September 1939 to serve in the Neutrality Patrol in the North Atlantic. On 7 August she took up inshore defensive patrol along both coastlines of Panama. She then steamed to San Diego, arriving 4 November 1940, to patrol off the coast of California. She overhauled in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 4 January to 3 March 1941, she was based at Seattle for patrols north to Alaska, and along the United States West Coast. After the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, she departed Seattle, Washington for Kodiak, Alaska, and escorted troop transports back to Seattle 23 December. Following a similar escort voyage, she arrived at Seward 19 April 1942 for inter-island convoy and submarine patrols among Alaskan ports. On 11 June, Kane rescued 11 survivors of the torpedoed SS Arcata. The morning of 3 August 1942, she found her antiaircraft guns of little use against two attacks by high-altitude Japanese bombers. Evasion tactics and speed saved the destroyer from bombs which fell in her wake. She continued patrol and escort duty in Alaskan and Aleutian sectors until February 1942, then was converted to a high-speed transport by Todd's Dry Docks, Seattle, Washington, and reclassified APD-18 on 25 March 1943. Conversion was completed by 3 April 1943, when she departed for amphibious training with the Army's 7th infantry in Monterey Bay, California. Kane departed San Francisco 24 April and arrived in Cold Bay 30 April to prepare for the recapture of Attu, Aleutian Islands. The morning of 11 May, and landed 100 Army scouts northwest of Holtz Bay. Several hours later, Kane was coached in through very dense fog by s radar to land 400 reconnaissance troops, who then joined the scouts. During the ground fighting on Attu, Kane served