She stopped at Portland, Maine, on the 11th to refuel and, the following day, commenced antisubmarine operations off the northeastern coast of the United States.

Soon thereafter, the destroyer sighted an oil slick and debris and ended the encounter by joining USS Brownson (DD-518)) in a futile search for the damaged enemy submarine.

Following another brief patrol and a visit to New York City, Terry departed the United States on 1 May in the screen of Task Force 67, bound for North Africa.

After a stop at Bermuda, the destroyer headed singly for Casablanca, where she arrived on the 12th and commenced a week of repairs and battle practice.

The destroyer reached Trinidad on 20 June and spent the ensuing nine days on antisubmarine patrols and in gunnery practice.

After a visit to Nouméa, New Caledonia, she returned to Efate briefly before taking up duty in the Solomon Islands late that month.

Her primary missions during her tour of duty in the Solomons consisted of escorting supply convoys and interdicting Japanese barge traffic to keep the enemy from evacuating his bypassed and otherwise useless troops.

Following more patrols, escort duty, and an availability at Nouméa, Terry was ordered to cover the last major amphibious operation of the Solomons campaign.

During the landings on 15 February, the three destroyers opened up on an enemy plane, but had to cease fire when he was intercepted by a Marine Corps fighter who "scratched" him.

Later, Terry and a group of LSTs discouraged another Japanese plane, a dive bomber, from pressing home an attack.

Her division commander cancelled further bombardment in order to sweep the area of Duke of York Island for a downed pilot.

She screened the task group which carried out the unopposed seizure of Emirau Island on 20 March; then resumed normal patrols and escort duty.

Her task unit had the dual responsibility of silencing enemy guns on northern Tinian and of rendering Ushi Point Airfield useless.

Later that day, she and USS San Francisco (CA-38) went to the aid of the troops ashore and silenced a Japanese mortar battery that had been responsible for a number of American casualties.

Late in the afternoon, after an inconclusive brush with two Japanese planes, Terry retired with her task unit to protect the transports to the south.

Before dawn on the 16th, the destroyer joined the screen of battleships Idaho and Pennsylvania and helped them pound Orote Peninsula on Guam for two hours.

Terry was one of the destroyers detached from the screen of Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf's bombardment group to beef up TF 58's antiaircraft defenses.

Steaming just out of range of the American planes, the Japanese played cat and mouse with the 5th Fleet for three days, but Spruance declined to take the bait.

The first swarm of enemy raiders never made it to the American ships, and Terry did not sight a Japanese plane until 11:57 when four of them tried to come in over her quarter.

The Battle of the Philippine Sea, nicknamed the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot", destroyed the remnants of Japanese carrier-based air power.

She completed overhaul on 13 December and conducted drills along the coast until the 18th, when she headed west in company with USS Missouri (BB-63).

After a brief stop at Pearl Harbor, Terry continued her voyage west and rejoined the 5th Fleet at Eniwetok on 5 February.

After the landings on 19 February, she supported the troops ashore with gunfire during the day and screened the ships of Task Force 54 (TF 54) during the night.

At 02:45 on the morning of 1 March, Terry was assisting USS Capps (DD-550) in a search for a Japanese submarine, when a low enemy torpedo plane approached her starboard bow.

As she passed Kitano Point on the northern coast of Iwo Jima, an enemy battery opened fire and got the destroyer's range immediately.

Her high speed and radical maneuvers did not spoil the enemy's aim and, although eventually silenced, the battery scored a direct hit on the destroyer's starboard main deck.

Terry headed for the southern coast of Iwo Jima where she laid to for two days while undergoing emergency repairs.

After interim repairs at Saipan and stops at Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor, she returned to the Mare Island Navy Yard.

On 13 June, she headed south and briefly conducted exercises in the San Diego area, before escorting USS Wasp (CV-18) to Hawaii.

Terry spent the remainder of her Navy career in reserve, first at San Diego, then at Long Beach, and finally at Bremerton, Wash.