 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nevada ipapo yakadzokera kuUnited States kuti iite kuti migomo yayo yakashata ishandiswezve isati yadzokera kuPacific Fleet. Yakasvika pachiteshi chemberi paUlithi muna January 1945 ndokutanga kugadzirira basa guru rinotevera, kumhara paIwo Jimamwedzi unotevera. Akabatana nedzimwe ngarava dzehondo dzinoverengeka pakurwiswa kukuru kwechitsuwa kwemazuva matatu vasati vaenda kumahombekombe musi wa 19 Kukadzi. Ngarava yakashanda kunze kwechitsuwa ichi ichipa rutsigiro rwemoto kusvika musi wa 7 Kurume, paakaenda kunogadzirira kupinda kweOkinawa. Kurwiswa kwokutanga kwakatanga musi wa 24 March uye kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi kusvikira pavakamhara musi wa 1 April, uye Nevada yakaramba iri kure nechitsuwa kusvikira musi wa 14 April paakazobviswa kuti aongororwe. Ngarava yakadzokera kunofamba muEast China Sea muna Chikunguru, kunyangwe iye asina kuona chimwe chiito pamberi pekuguma kwehondo musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu. 