Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Arkansas" zvakare yakafambisa motokari kuenda kuScotland, ichidzokera kuNew York musi waOctober 20. Pashure pacho, mapoka akatumirwa kuNorth Africa, kutsigira
kupinda muNorth Africa. "Arkansas" yakafukidza konvo yayo yokutanga yakadaro, pamwe chete nevanoparadza vasere, musi wa 3 November. Akadzokera kuNew York musi wa 11 December, uko akaenda kudoko nokuda kweimwe gadziridzo. Musi waJanuary 2, 1943, "Arkansas" yakabva kuNew York kuti iite kurovedza pfuti muChesapeake Bay. Kudzoka muNew York naJanuary 30, vashandi vechikepe vakagadzirira kudzokera kunofambisa basa. Akaperekedza ngoro mbiri kuenda kuCasablanca, pakati paFebruary naApril, asati adzokera kuNew York, kwechimwezve nguva muchiteshi chakaoma, icho chakatora kusvika 26 May. "Arkansas" yakadzokera kubasa sechikepe chokurovedza chevarwi vomugungwa vaiva paNorfolk. Akatangazve basa rake rokuperekedza ngarava pashure pemwedzi mina, uye musi wa8 October, akaenda kuBangor, kuNorthern Ireland. Akagara muNorthern Ireland, kusvikira munaNovember, uye akaenda musi waDecember 1, akananga kuNew York. Pashure pokusvika pana December 12, "Arkansas" yakaenda kudoko nokuda kwokuvandudzwazve, uye ipapo yakadzokera kuNorfolk, pana December 27. Ngarava iyi yakafambisa imwe konvo yaienda kuIreland, musi wa19 Ndira 1944, isati yadzokera kuNew York, musi wa13 Kukadzi. Imwe nhambo yokurovedza pfuti yakatevera musi wa 28 March, pashure pacho "Arkansas" yakaenda kuBoston nokuda kweimwe nguva yekutsvaira.