| From | Till | Force | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-12-07 | DesDiv1 | Pearl Harbor — moored alongside destroyer tender Dobbin. One japanese aircraft confirmed shot down. | |
| 1941-12-07 | DesDiv 1 | Sortie to search for Imperial Japanese fleet | |
| 1941-12-11 | 1941-12-12 | Escort fleet oiler Neosho to refuel TF 11 | |
| 1941-12-11 | 1941-12-12 | Screen fleet oiler Neosho during refueling TF 11 | |
| 1941-12-12 | 1941-12-13? | Escort fleet oiler Neosho back to Pearl Harbor | |
| 1941-12-14 | 1941-12-27 | DesDiv1 | Wake Island Relief (mission aborted) |
| 1942/01/0? | 1942-01-31 | TF 11 | Kingman Is. — Christmas Is. offensive patrol |
| 1942-02-06 | 1942-02-21 | Escort seaplane tender Curtiss and fleet oiler Platte Pearl Harbor→Samoa→Fiji→Noumea | |
| 1942-02-24 | Rescue crew from Panamian merchantman Snark (ex-Danish Olympia under U.S Maritime Commission command), which struck a mine in Boulari Passage off Noumea, New Caledonia. | ||
| 1942-03-07 | 1942-03-19 | Escort seaplane tender Curtiss from Noumea to Pearl Harbor | |
| 1942-03-19 | 1942-04-14 | Pearl Harbor Naval Yard — overhaul | |
| 1942-04-14 | 1942-05-02 | DesDiv1 & TF 17.6 | Battle of the Coral Sea — Escort fleet oiler Tippecanoe |
| 1942-05-02 | 1942-05-10 | Escort fleet oiler Tippecanoe to Noumea | |
| 1942-05-10 | 1942-05-13 | Noumea | |
| 1942-05-13 | 1942-05-14 | TF 11 | Sail from Noumea to join TF 16 |
| 1942-05-14 | 1942-05-26 | TF 16 | |
| 1942-05-28 | 1942-06-13 | TF 16.4/DesRon1 | Battle of Midway — Screen Enterprise and Hornet |
| 1942-06-22 | 1942-07-07 | TF 11 | |
| 1942-07-07 | 42/08/2? | DesDiv1 | |
| 1942-07-21 | 1942-07-25 | Escort fleet oiler Platte to Noumea | |
| 1942-07-24 | Rescued (with fleet oiler Platte) survivors from Army transport Tjinegara sunk by submarine I-169, 75nm SE of Noumea | ||
| 1942-07-25 | 1942-07-28 | Patrol off Noumea Harbor entrance while Platte loads oil | |
| 1942-07-28 | 1942-07-29 | Escort Platte from Noumea to refuel TF 11 | |
| 1942-07-29 | 1942-07-30 | TF 11 | |
| 1942-07-30 | 1942-08-01 | Escort fleet oiler Cimarron to Noumea | |
| 1942-08-01 | 1942-08-03 | Sail to join TF 11 | |
| 1942-08-23 | 1942-08-27 | TF 11 DesDiv1 | Battle of the Eastern Solomons |
| 1942-09-06 | 1942-09-23 | Escort damaged aircraft carrier Saratoga Tongatabu→Pearl Harbor | |
| 1942-09-28 | 1942-10-04 | Escort battleships Idaho and Pennsylvania Pearl Harbor→San Francisco | |
| 1942-10-04 | 1942-10-11 | San Francisco / Mare Is. | |
| 1942-10-11 | 1942-10-14 | Escort battleship Idaho from San Francisco to Puget Sound | |
| 1942/11 | San Pedro, San Diego — escort battleship Nevada while undergoing post-repair trials | ||
| 1942-12-27 | 1943-01-01 | Sail San Francisco→Dutch Harbor | |
| 1943-01-01 | 1943-01-12 | TF 8.6 | |
| 1943-01-01? | 1943-01-02? | TF 8.6 | Attempted landing on Amchitka Island’s south shore; mission aborted. |
| 1943-01-12 | TF 8.6 |
Grounded and sunk in Constantine Harbor, Amchitka Island, Alaska Territory, after landing troops from Adak. 14 crew killed. |
