 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ngarava yacho yakaramba iri mumvura dzokuNorth America muHondo Yenyika I, ichiita maekisesaizi okurovedza vashandi vayo. Mumakore ose a1920 na1930, ngarava yakashanda muPacific Fleet. Muna May 1941, Hondo Yenyika II neHondo yeAtlantic zvakapararira, Mississippi nengarava dzake mbiri dzehanzvadzi dzakatamisirwa kuAtlantic Fleet kuti dzibatsire kudzivirira kutakura kweAmerica kuburikidza neNeutrality Patrols. Mazuva maviri pashure pokurwiswa kweJapan kuPearl Harbor, Mississippi yakabva kuAtlantic kuti idzokere kuPacific Fleet; munguva yose yaakapinda muHondo Yenyika II, akatsigira mabasa eamphibious muPacific. Yakabhomba mauto eJapan panguva yeGilbert neMarshall Islands uye mishandirapamwe yePhilippines uye kupindirwa kwePeleliuuye Okinawa. Ngarava dzeJapan dzakarwisa mauto eAmerica munguva yePhilippines, uye muhondo yakatevera yeLeyte Gulf, Mississippi yakabatanidzwa muhondo yeSurigao Strait, yekupedzisira yehondo yehondo munhau. 