Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Musi waApril 18, "Arkansas" yakaenda kuNorthern Ireland, kwayakadzidziswa mabasa epamhenderekedzo yegungwa, sezvo yakanga yagoverwa kumhenderekedzo yepamhenderekedzo yegungwa mukutsigira Operation Overlord, kupindirwa kuchamhembe kweFrance. Yakagoverwa kuBoka II, pamwe chete ne"Texas" nevanoparadza vashanu. Her float ndege artillery mucherechedzi vezvikepe vakanga kwenguva kupiwa VOS-7 achibhururuka Spitfires kubva RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). Musi waJune 3, akasiya zvigaro zvake, uye mangwanani aJune 6, akatora nzvimbo kubva kuOmaha Beach. Pana 05:52, pfuti dzechikepe chehondo dzakapfura nehasha kwenguva yokutanga mubasa racho. Akapfura nzvimbo dzeGerman dzakatenderedza Omaha Beach kusvika 13 Chikumi, paakaendeswa kunotsigira mauto epasi muGrandcamp les Bains. Pana June 25, "Arkansas" yakarova Cherbourg
, mukutsigira kurwiswa kweAmerica pachiteshi; pfuti dzegungwa dzeGermany dzakapinda mukati maro kakawanda, asi dzakarova pasina. Cherbourg yakawira kuvaAllies zuva rakatevera racho, pashure pacho "Arkansas" yakadzokera kuchiteshi chengarava, kutanga muWeymouth, England, uye ipapo kuBangor, Wales, pana June 30.