On 10 November 1943 Brown departed Pearl Harbor in company with Task Force 50 (TF 50) en route to the forward area.

During Brown's very active service in the Pacific, she screened carriers during Task Force 88 was caught in a typhoon (17–18 December), and strikes against Luzon were canceled in order to search for survivors of three missing destroyers.

Brown then proceeded to Ulithi and received orders to return to Seattle, Washington, for overhaul.

She conducted intensive shakedown operations off the west coast and then reported to Commander, Naval Forces, Far East, in March 1951.

From March until September she operated with Task Forces 77 and 95 and participated in the siege of Wonsan Harbor on two occasions.