Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Kuchenesa Norfolk's Chesapeake Bay musi wa10 Gumiguru 1942, Cleveland akabatana neboka rebasa kubva kuBermuda (musi wa29 Gumiguru) vakananga kuhondo yeNorth Africa. Firepower yake akatsigira landings paFedhala, French Morocco musi wa8 Mbudzi, uye akaramba ari patrol kusvikira 12 Mbudzi, kudzokera Norfolk musi wa24 Mbudzi. Cleveland akasimuka achienda kuPacific musi wa5 Zvita 1942, uye akasvika paEfate Island musi wa16 Ndira. Basa rake rokutanga mukusimbiswa kweSolomon Islands raiva neTask Force 18 (TF 18) kuchengetedza boka revarwi kuenda kuGuadalcanal kubva muna 27 kusvika 31 Ndira, Cleveland akapfura muvengi paakauya pasi pekurwiswa kukuru kwemhepo muHondo yeRennell Island musi wa29 kusvika 30 Ndira. Kujoinha TF 68, Cleveland akafambisa "Slot" musi wa6 Kurume 1943 kunopfura nhandare dzendege dzeJapan kuVila paKolombangara, ndokuzobatana nebasa rehusiku iro rakanyudza magamba Minegumo naMurasame muhondo yeBlackett Strait. Achiri neTF 68, "Merrill's Marauders", Cleveland akapfura mukuputika kweShortland Islands musi wa30 Chikumi uye akapa rutsigiro rwepfuti yekupinda muMunda, New Georgia musi wa12 Chikunguru. Pashure penguva pfupi yokugadziriswa paSydney, Australia, Cleveland akafamba achienda kunoputika mabhomba eTreasury Islands musi wa26-27 October. Boka rake rebasa rakatyaira kuputika kweBuka Island neBonis musi wa1 Mbudzi mukutsigira mauto akapinda muBougainville, vakamhanyira kumaodzanyemba zuva rimwe chetero kuti vasarudze zvigaro muShortlands, uye usiku ihwohwo vakagumburisa simba reJapan muHondo yeEmpress Augusta Bay iyo yaifanira kumukunda Navy Unit Commendation. Cleveland akadurura pfuti yake yaidzorwa neradar kumachikepe mana echiJapan kweinopfuura awa, achibatsira kunyudza Sendai, ipapo akadzingirira ngarava dzaitiza kusvikira kwaedza. Kurwisa kwomuchadenga kwakatevera uye imwe tsvimbo yemabhomba yakazunungusa zvikuru Cleveland, uyo akapindura kupfurikidza nokuposhera ndege dzinoverengeka dzomuvengi. Akadzokera kuBuka nokuda kweimwe bhomba musi wa 23 December, akabva aenda pakati peTruk neGreen Island, Papua New Guinea...  Mubvunzo: Cleveland akatakura mukuru mukuru upi kuhondo yeBalikpapan?
Douglas MacArthur