After shakedown along the U.S. West Coast, "Kyne" cleared Los Angeles, California, on 6 June 1944, to join the Pacific Fleet. Following training and escort duty at Pearl Harbor, "Kyne" was underway 12 August to screen a task force which brought material and ships for the impending Palau Islands invasion. She departed Manus on 15 September as escort to transports filled with garrison troops and supplies, landing at Peleliu on 20 September. "Kyne" sailed the same day as escort to a convoy carrying wounded Marines from the scene of battle.