Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mo te tau e whai ake nei, i whakawhiwhia e "Pennsylvania" te parekura o te takutai i nga Pakanga o Makin, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, me Saipan, me te Campaign o Palau Islands. I uru hoki te kaipuke ki te
ngā taunga ki Leyte me te Pakanga o Leyte Gulf. I tēnei wā, i tae atu a "Pennsylvania" ki te pakanga whakamutunga i waenga i nga kaipuke pakanga, te Pakanga o Surigao Strait. Kāore te kaipuke i pupuhi i te ahi nā te mea i hurihia ngā kaipuke Hapanihi, i whakangaromia rānei i te tawhiti, i tua atu i te mana patu tawhito o te "Pennsylvania" engari i roto i te whānuitanga o ētahi atu kaipuke whawhai, e whakahaeretia ana e te radar.