"Tennessee" akazoendeswa pakati pePacific kunotora chikamu muhondo yeGilbert neMarshall Islands, kutanga neHondo yeTarawa munaNovember. Hondo dzeKwajalein neEniwetok
yakateverwa mukuvamba kwa 1944, panguva iyo basa pa"California" rakanga rapedzwa. Apo "California" yakanga ichiri kuitisa miedzo yegungwa, "Tennessee" yakatevera kutora rutivi mumatanho okupedzisira eOperation Cartwheel nokuputika Kavieng sechiitiko chinotsausa. "California" yakanga yagadzirira kushanda panguva yakakodzera nokuda kwechiito cheMariana nePalau Islands pakati pa1944, uye ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakapfura nzvimbo dzeJapan paSaipan, Tinian, uye Guam. Ngarava mbiri idzi dzakapesana dzichienda kunzvimbo yekupedzisira yaida kurwiswa, Peleliu, izvo zvakatadzisa "California" kutora chikamu muHondo yePeleliu, kunyange zvazvo "Tennessee" yakaramba ichishanda. Mukati mokurwisana paTinian, "Tennessee" yakarohwa nechiuto cheJapan uye yakakuvadzwa zvishoma.