Placed in reserve following the war, Charette was transferred to the Kingdom of Greece in 1959 and renamed Velos (D16), remaining in service till 1991 before being preserved as a museum ship at Palaio Faliro, Athens.

Arriving at Pearl Harbor 9 October, Charrette took part in training exercises until 10 November, when she put to sea with Task Force 50 (TF 50), for air raids on Japanese bases in the Marshalls.

On 26 November, Charrette joined the screen of the task group assigned to air-cover operations over Makin and Tarawa, providing protection for the transports and supplying Naval Gunfire Support (NGS).

Twelve days later, the destroyer screened battleships in a shore bombardment on Nauru, before rejoining the fast carrier task force sailing on to Efate.

Charrette attempted a depth charge attack, then used her radar to guide the destroyer escort Fair to sink possibly I-175, the first Japanese submarine to be sunk by the Hedgehog, anti-submarine weapon.

After screening the carriers into position for their strikes, Charrette joined Task Group 50.9 (TG 50.9) in a sweep around the island on 17 February to catch Japanese shipping escaping air attacks.

After escorting an oiler fleet to Majuro, Charrette sailed for an overhaul at Pearl Harbor until 15 March 1944, when she put out to rejoin the carriers for attacks on Japanese ships retreating from Truk to the Palaus, preliminary to the New Guinea operation.

After replenishing at Manus, Charrette sailed on with the carriers to screen strikes against Truk on 29 April and to guard the force's battleships as they pounded a bombardment at Ponape 1 May.

As the carriers came into position on 15 June, scouting aircraft spotted the 1,900-ton freighter Tatsutakwa Maru and Charrette, with the destroyer Boyd intercepted and sank the Japanese ship, recovering 112 survivors.

The air Battle of the Philippine Sea broke on the morning of 19 June and Charrette continued her screening, anti-aircraft and guard duties throughout the two days of action that severely diminished the remaining Japanese naval aviation threat.

In preparation for the invasion of Leyte, the carrier task force sailed again on 4 October for strikes designed to neutralize Japanese airfields on Okinawa, Northern Luzon and Formosa during the assaults in the Philippines.

On 12 October began the most important part of these strikes, against Formosa, which provoked return attacks by Japanese aircraft on the carrier forces.

Charrette joined the screen which guarded the damaged ships during their retreat from enemy air attack, before rejoined her carrier group for the journey north to intercept the approaching Japanese force, beginning her part in the Battle for Leyte Gulf.

She returned to action in June, beginning a month of support for the Borneo operations, followed by patrol duty in the Netherlands East Indies.

That afternoon, he anchored about 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) off the coast at Fiumicino and three officers (Ensigns K. Gortzis, K. Matarangas, G. Stratos) went ashore in a whaleboat.

Initially, the entire crew wished to follow their captain (170 men signed a request), but they were advised (and some ordered) by their officers to remain on board because of the fear of retaliation by the regime against their families.