Cleveland ya tashi zuwa Pacific a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1942, kuma ya isa tsibirin Efate a ranar 16 ga Janairu. Ta farko a cikin ƙarfafawa na tsibirin Solomon Islands ya kasance tare da Task Force 18 (TF 18) don kare rundunar sojoji zuwa Guadalcanal daga 27 zuwa 31 ga Janairu, ya harbe abokan gaba yayin da ta zo karkashin mummunan harin iska a yakin Rennell Island a ranar 29 ga Janairu. Ta shiga TF 68, Cleveland ya haɗu da "Black Slot" a ranar 6 ga Maris, 1943 don kai hare-haren jiragen sama a kan Vila Kolombangara a tsibirin Bonett, Faransa a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, kuma ta kasance a kan sintiri har zuwa 12 ga Nuwamba, ya dawo zuwa Norfolk a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba. Cleveland ya tashi zuwa Pacific a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1942, kuma ya isa Efate Island a ranar 16 ga Janairu.
Douglas MacArthur (Mai ba da labari)