Cleveland akaenda Pacific musi 5 December 1942, uye akasvika Efate Island musi 16 January. Her wokutanga mukusimbisa Solomon Islands aiva Task Force 18 (TF 18) kuti vachengetedze boka boka boka kuti Guadalcanal kubva 27 kusvika 31 January, akapfura pamusoro muvengi sezvo akauya pasi rinorema mhepo kurwisa Hondo Rennell Island musi 29 Ndira 1942.
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