 The London Naval Treaty ya1930 yakarayira kuti Wyoming isashandiswe zvombo zvehondo; naizvozvo yakachinjwa kuva ngarava yokudzidzisa, nehafu yemapurisa ayo makuru ebhatiri, bhandi rehondo, uye zvinoputika zvinorwisa torpedo zvakabviswa. Zvisinei, Arkansas yakabvumirwa kupfuurira mubasa nechikepe. Pashure pokunge United States yapinda muHondo Yenyika II, Arkansas yakashandiswa kutungamirira ngarava dzaienda kuNorth Africa. Pakazosvika 1944, yakashanda sechikepe chemabhomba emumahombekombe; mune izvi, yakatsigira maAllied landings kuNormandy Operation Overlord uye kumaodzanyemba kweFrance Operation Dragoon vasati vaendeswa kuPacific, kwaakapa rutsigiro rwemoto kuMarines achirwa paIwo Jima.uye kuOkinawa muna 1945. Wyoming panguva ino yakaramba iri ngarava yokudzidzisa, ichigadziridzwazve muna 1944 kuti ibatanidze marudzi akasiyana-siyana ezvombo zvinorwisa ndege izvo vadzidzi vaizoshanda muzvikepe. Zvose zviri zviviri zvikepe zvakaparadzwa nokukurumidza pashure pehondo, ne Arkansas ichishandiswa sechikepe chinotarisirwa mukati me1946 kuedza kwenyukireya paOperation Crossroads, uye Wyoming ichitengeswa kuti iparadzwe muna 1947. 