 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunze kwekuvandudzwa kwakakwana muna 19291931, Arizona yaishandiswa nguva dzose kudzidzira kudzidzisa pakati pehondo, kusanganisira matambudziko egore negore eFleet kudzidzira kudzidzisa. Apo kudengenyeka kwapasi kwakarova Long Beach, California, musi wa 10 March 1933, vashandi veArizona vakapa rubatsiro kuvapukunyuki. Muna July 1934, ngarava yacho yakaratidzwa mufirimu raJames Cagney, Here Comes the Navy, pamusoro pezvinetso zvorudo zvomufambisi wengarava. Muna April 1940, iye navamwe vose vePacific Fleet vakachinjirwa kubva kuCalifornia kuenda kuPearl Harbor, Hawaii, sechidzvinyiriro kuumambo hweJapan. 