"Bryant" returned to Eniwetok Atoll on 5 August and settled in alongside for 10 days of engineering repairs. Following a six-day tender availability at Purvis Bay, she stood out to sea on 6 September for the Palaus. During the morning watch of the 12th, "Bryant" approached Peleliu in the destroyer screen of Task Group 32.5 (TG 32.5), which consisted of the flagship , , , and . When firing positions had been achieved, the roar of the battlewagons’ guns heralded the opening of a three-day long pattern of rotating bombardment by air and sea. Daily, "Bryant" took leave of her screening duties with the capital ships to close the beach and dump 40-millimeter rounds on enemy positions which threatened the operations of the underwater demolition teams (UDTs). On 16 September, the day after the initial landings on Peleliu, Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson received Admiral William F. Halsey's order to "seize Ulithi as early as practicable…with resources at hand." "Bryant" served as part of the screen for the 323rd Regimental Combat Team tasked with occupying the atoll, needed as an advance base for operations to liberate the Philippines. The landings, which took place on 23 September, encountered no opposition because the Japanese garrison had already abandoned the islets and moved to Yap.