World War II Pacific Theatre Operations
Following shakedown off southern California, Roberts sailed for Pearl Harbor on 30 November. On her arrival on 10 December, she joined a hunter-killer (HUK) group operating with Corregidor (CVE-58); and, for the next three weeks, patrolled to the north and east of Hawaii. During January and early February 1945, her group operated to the west, primarily in the Marshalls, then returned to Pearl Harbor. From 1 to 18 March, the group searched, unsuccessfully, between Johnston Island and Kwajalein for an overdue Army Air Corps transport carrying Lt. Gen. M. F. Harmon, USA. Toward the end of the month the ships replenished at Majuro, then resumed HUK operations, this time in the Marshalls.
Detached at the end of April, Roberts proceeded to Ulithi, whence she departed on 12 May for Okinawa. Screening Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) en route, she arrived at mid-month. On the 16th she joined Natoma Bay (CVE-62) and screened her until the 31st. On the 31st she escorted Gilbert Islands (CVE-107), then, on 1 June, departed the Ryūkyūs to escort Makin Island (CVE-93) to Guam.
Roberts arrived at Guam on the 5th, steamed to Eniwetok, and, on the 27th, resumed HUK operations with Kasaan Bay (CVE-69). Into July the group patrolled the shipping lanes of Micronesia, then, toward the end of the month, shifted to the Philippine Sea.
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