 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa9 December, mazuva maviri pashure pokunge Japan yarwisa Pearl Harbor, Mississippi yakabva kuIceland, yakananga kuPacific Theater. Yakasvika kuSan Francisco musi wa22 Ndira 1942, uko yakaitisa kurovedza uye yakasunga makondirakiti kumadokero kwemahombekombe kwemwedzi minomwe yakatevera. Kutanga muna May 1942, pfuti dzepakutanga dze 5-inch51 caliber dzebheteri yechipiri dzakabviswa kuti dziite nzvimbo yezvombo zvinorwisa ndege. Musi waDecember 6, akaendesa ngarava dzehondo kuFiji, ndokudzokera kuPearl Harbor musi waMarch 2, 1943. Basa rake rokutanga guru rokurwa rakatanga musi wa 10 May, paakabva kuHawaii kunotsigira kusunungurwa kweAleutian Islands. Yakarwisa Kiska musi wa22 Chikunguru, uye varwi veJapan vakabva pachitsuwa ichi mazuva mashomanana gare gare. Pashure pokuguma kwebasa racho, Mississippi yakadzokera kuSan Francisco kuti igadziridzwe. Musi wa19 October, yakabva kuSan Pedro kuti inobatana nemapoka evarwi aizorwisa Gilbert Islands. Mukati meGilbert neMarshall Islands campaignMusi waNovember 20, apo Mississippi yakanga ichirwisa Makin, kwakavazve nokuputika muhomwe yake yechipiri, nguva ino kuuraya varume 43. Pashure pokugadziriswa, akapfuurira mumushandirapamwe, achibhomba Kwajalein musi wa 31 January 1944, Taroa musi wa 20 February, uye Wotje musi wa 21 February. Musi wa15 March, akapfura nzvimbo dzeJapan paKavieng paNew Ireland, asati adzokera kuUnited States kunovandudzwa muPuget Sound. Kugadziridza uku kwakawedzera nhamba yezvombo zve5-inch25 cal kubva pamasere kusvika gumi nemana. 