Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Arkansas" ya sake jagorantar wani jirgin zuwa Scotland, ya koma New York a ranar 20 ga Oktoba. Bayan haka, an aika da motoci zuwa Arewacin Afirka, don tallafawa mamayewar Arewacin Afirka
Ka yi haƙuri. "Arkansas" ta rufe ta farko irin wannan motar, tare da masu hallaka takwas, a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba. Ta koma New York a ranar 11 ga watan Disamba, inda ta shiga tashar jiragen ruwa don wani gyare-gyare. Ranar 2 ga watan Janairun 1943, "Arkansas" ya tashi daga New York don gudanar da horo na bindiga a Chesapeake Bay. A baya a New York a ranar 30 ga watan Janairu, ma'aikatan jirgin sun shirya don komawa aiki na rakiyar jirgi. Ta raka jiragen ruwa biyu zuwa Casablanca, tsakanin Fabrairu da Afrilu, kafin ta koma New York, don wani lokaci a cikin bushewa, wanda ya kasance har zuwa ranar 26 ga Mayu. "Arkansas" ya koma aiki a matsayin jirgin horo don masu tsaron gida da ke zaune a Norfolk. Ta ci gaba da aikinta na rakiyar jirgi bayan watanni hudu, kuma a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, ta tashi zuwa Bangor, Arewacin Ireland. Ta kasance a Arewacin Ireland, har zuwa Nuwamba, kuma ta tashi a ranar 1 ga Disamba, zuwa New York. Bayan ya isa ranar 12 ga watan Disamba, "Arkansas" ya shiga tashar jiragen ruwa don ƙarin gyare-gyare, sa'an nan kuma ya koma Norfolk, a ranar 27 ga watan Disamba. Jirgin ruwan ya raka wani jerin gwano zuwa Ireland, a ranar 19 ga Janairu, 1944, kafin ya koma New York, a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu. Wani zagaye na wasan motsa jiki na bindigogi ya biyo baya a ranar 28 ga Maris, bayan da "Arkansas" ya tafi Boston don ƙarin lokacin bushewa.