 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pashure pokunge rasvika muNew York musi wa18 December, South Dakota rakapinda muchikepe chakaoma paBrooklyn Navy Yard kuti rigadziridzwe uye rigadziridzwezve. Ngarava yacho yakaparidzirwa mumapepanhau uye yakapiwa chikwereti chokukunda paGuadalcanal panzvimbo peWashington, pasinei nokuita kwayo kwakashata muchiito. Nokuda kwezvinangwa zvekuchengeteka, akanzi Battleship X. Kaputeni Lynde D. McCormick akabvisa Gatch musi wa 1 Kukadzi 1943, uye ngarava yakaenda kugungwa musi wa 25 Kukadzi kutanga miedzo yegungwa. Muna March, iye akatanga kushanda kuchamhembe kweAtlantic nevatakuri. Home Fleet yeBritain yakatumira ngarava dzehondo kuMediterranean kutsigira kurwisa kweAllied kweSicily, uye South Dakota yakatumirwawo kunosimbisa Home Fleet. Basa rake guru munguva iyi raiva rokudzivirira ngarava dzinotakura zvinhu kuArcticMauto eGermany akanga achitumira ngarava dzehondo dzakakura kuSoviet Union nomugungwa reArctic; boka guru reGermany raiumbwa nengarava dzehondo uye uye ngarava dzinoverengeka dzinorema dzaityisidzira ngarava idzi. 