 "Smith" shelled gun emplacements in the vicinity of Herwath Point and Singor, on 13 February, in preparation for the landings there.On 28 February, "Smith" departed Cape Sudest, as a unit of the Admiralty Islands Attack Group, with 71 officers and men of the First Cavalry Division aboard to be landed on Los Negros Island.On 29 February, she began bombardment of designated targets along the northern shore of Hyane Harbor.