Cleveland akaenda kuPacific musi wa 5 Zvita 1942, uye akasvika paEfate Island musi wa 16 Ndira. Kutanga kwake mukubatanidzwa kweSolomon Islands kwaive neTask Force 18 (TF 18) kuchengetedza ngoro yevarwi kuenda kuGuadalcanal kubva 27 kusvika 31 Ndira, akapfura muvengi paakasangana nekurwiswa kukuru kwemhepo muHondo yeRennell Island musi wa 29 Ndira 1942. Kusunga TF 68, Cleveland akatsigira kupfura kwekuputika paVila Kolombangara kuFrench Morocco musi wa 8 Mbudzi, uye akaramba ari patrol kusvika 12 Mbudzi, achidzokera kuNorfolk musi wa 24 Mbudzi.
Douglas MacArthur