"Van Valkenburgh" went alongside "Daly" and transferred her doctor, Lt. M. E. Smale, to her stricken sister ship, along with Pharmacist's Mate 3d Class Charles B. Reed, to attend the wounded.Since neither "Daly" nor the other damaged ship required any further assistance, "Van Valkenburgh" returned to her station and later embarked Doctor Smale and Pharmacist's Mate Reed at Kerama Retto.