Operating with Rear Admiral Wilder D. Baker's Task Force 94 (TF 94), the destroyer departed Attu 1 February to shell antiaircraft batteries.

Kimberly remained in the Aleutians for 7 months on ASW patrols, shore bombardment and training exercises, before steaming toward San Francisco on 18 September.

As the tempo of the Pacific War increased, Kimberly arrived at Manus, Admiralty Islands, to prepare for her roles in the Philippines campaign.

On 10 November she departed escorting a supply convoy to Leyte Gulf, carrying material to replenish allied forces there.

On the evening of 21 December, while Kimberly escorted another convoy to Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, Japanese suicide planes attacked the American ships.

After the attack, the convoy proceeded to Mangarin Bay bringing men and material for the construction of an airstrip and a PT-boat base to support the invasion of Luzon.

Despite numerous antiaircraft hits, one enemy aircraft, though damaged, crashed into the aft gun mounts killing 4 men and wounding 57.

After the surrender of Japan, she entered Tokyo Bay 4 September and 2 days later sailed, escorting USS Missouri (BB-63), arriving in Philadelphia 18 October.

She arrived on 18 June and 5 days later sailed for fire support operations off the western coast of Korea, as well as Anti-submarine and aircraft screen for the carriers.

After 12 years in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Charleston, South Carolina, Kimberly proceeded to Boston Naval Shipyard in July 1966 for overhaul prior to being loaned to the government of the Republic of China.