 Tennessee akazoendeswa pakati pePacific kunotora chikamu muhondo yeGilbert neMarshall Islands, kutanga neHondo yeTarawa munaNovember. Hondo dzeKwajaleinuye Eniwetok yakatevera mukuvamba kwa 1944, panguva iyo basa paCalifornia rakanga rapedzwa. Apo California yakanga ichiri kuitisa miedzo yegungwa, Tennessee yakatevera kutora rutivi mumatanho okupedzisira eOperation Cartwheel nokuputika Kavieng sechiitiko chinotsausa. California yakanga yagadzirira kushanda panguva yakakodzera nokuda kwechiito cheMariana nePalau Islands pakati pa1944, uye ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakapfura nzvimbo dzeJapan paSaipan, Tinian, uye Guam. Ngarava mbiri idzi dzakapesana dzichienda kunzvimbo yekupedzisira yaida kurwiswa, Peleliu, izvo zvakatadzisa California kutora chikamu muHondo yePeleliu, kunyange zvazvo Tennessee yakaramba ichishanda. Mukati mokurwisana paTinian, Tennessee yakarohwa nechiuto cheJapan uye yakakuvadzwa zvishoma. 