World War II
After shakedown off Bermuda and final alterations in New York Navy Yard, Hunt cleared Norfolk, Va. for the Pacific 2 December 1943. She entered Pearl Harbor 24 December 1943 and joined Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force (then 5th Fleet's TF 58, later 3rd Fleet's TF 38) operating as a part of the antisubmarine screen for a task group which included aircraft carriers Essex (CV-9), Intrepid (CV-11), and Cabot (CVL-28).
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