 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Zvitanhatu zvezvikepe zvehondo zvakakanganiswa musi waDecember 7, 1941 paPearl Harbor zvakauya kuBremerton kuzogadziriswa:,,, uye. Tennessee yakagamuchira zvombo zvitsva zve14-inch nokuda kwebheteri rake guru; zvombo zvinorwisa ndege zvakatsiviwa nemabheteri e20mm ne40mm, uye ngarava yacho yakagadziridzwa zvizere. Nevada yakavakwazve zvikuru uye yakabva muPuget Sound nenguva nokuda kwehondo yeAleutian ya1943. California yakanga yanyudzwa paPearl Harbor. Yakamutswa, ndokukweviwa kuBremerton nokuda kwokugadziriswa. California yakadzokera kuhondo muna January 1944. West Virginia yakarohwa ne6 kana kuti 7 torpedoes, ichitora nguva yakareba kuti igadziriswe, ichidzokera kuuto muna July 1944. Muna January 1944, Maryland ndokudzokera kuPuget Sound nokuda kwokuvakazve. Ngarava mbiri dzehondo dzakadzorerwa kumhenderekedzo yegungwa nenguva nokuda kwokudenha paMarianas. Dzimwe ngarava dzehondo dzinozivikanwa dzakasvika pachiteshi munguva yehondo dzaisanganisira,,, uye. 