Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon 1944, "Pennsylvania" ya kasance a Pearl Harbor; a cikin makonni biyu na farko na Janairu, ya shiga cikin shirye-shirye don saukowa a Kwajalein a tsibirin Marshall. Ta bar Pearl Harbor a ranar 22 ga watan Janairu tare da rundunar sojin da ke mamaye, kuma a ranar 31 ga watan Janairu ta fara shirye-shiryen bombardment na atoll don fara yakin Kwajalein. Sojoji sun sauka a rana ta gaba, kuma "Pennsylvania" ta kasance a bakin teku don ba da tallafin bindigogi ga sojojin ruwa yayin da suke yaƙi don tabbatar da tsibirin. A yammacin ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, an ci nasara da masu kare Japan, wanda ya ba da damar jirgin ya tashi zuwa Majuro Atoll don sake cika kayan ammunition. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, don tallafawa babban hari na gaba a kan Eniwetok a cikin Marshalls; kwana biyar bayan haka ya isa tsibirin, yakin Eniwetok.
ya riga ya fara, kuma a cikin 20 da 21 Fabrairu, ta harbe tsibirin sosai don tallafawa mazajen da ke fama da bakin teku. A ranar 22 ga Fabrairu, ta goyi bayan saukowa a tsibirin Parry, wani ɓangare na Eniwetok atoll.