After repairs at Ulithi, "Hank" again joined Task Force 58 on 1 May to resume screening and radar picket duties off Okinawa. June was spent at San Pedro Bay, Philippines, undergoing replenishment and training, and on 1 July the carriers redesignated Task Force 38 and operating under Vice Admiral McCain in Admiral Halsey's 3rd Fleet sortied to launch further strikes against the home islands. "Hank" spent most of this period on hazardous and lonely radar picket duty, steaming from the main body of ships to provide early warning of enemy air attacks. On the night of 18 July, she joined Destroyer Squadron 62 and Cruiser Division 18 for an antishipping sweep across the entrance to Tokyo Bay. As she patrolled her radar picket station on 9 August, "Hank" and found themselves in the midst of five "kamikazes". One of the aircraft came so close to "Hank" that it drenched both ship and personnel forward with gasoline before the veteran ships destroyed it and the other four attackers. "Borie" had been hit in the after bridge structure and suffered 48 dead and 66 wounded, while "Hank" had to report 1 man missing in action and 5 wounded.