Ka kammala wannan magana: Bayan da aka ba shi aiki, an ba wa "Wichita" aikin yin sintiri a Tekun Atlantika. Bayan da Amurka ta shiga yakin duniya na biyu, jirgin ya ga aiki mai tsanani a duk lokacin rikici. An fara sanya shi ne a kan aikin ba da gudummawa a kan Murmansk Run a farkon 1942, kuma ya goyi bayan saukar amphibious a lokacin Operation Torch a watan Nuwamba 1942. A lokacin yakin Naval na Casablanca, "Wichita" ya yi amfani da batutuwa da yawa na Faransa da kuma jiragen ruwa, ciki har da jirgin ruwa "Jean Bart". A shekara ta 1943, an canja "Wichita" zuwa Pacific Theater, inda ta kasance har zuwa karshen yakin. Ta sau da yawa ta ba da kariya ta iska don Fast Carrier Task Force a lokacin ayyukan a tsakiyar Pacific, ciki har da Battles of the Philippine Sea da
Leyte Gulf a shekara ta 1944. A lokacin da aka yi a baya, "Wichita" ya taimaka wajen nutsewar jirgin saman Japan mai suna "Chiyoda".