Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: "Wichita" payakapiwa basa, yakapiwa basa rokurinda muAtlantic. Pashure pokunge United States yapinda muHondo Yenyika II, ngarava yacho yakashanda zvakaoma muhondo yacho yose. Akatanga kupiwa basa rokufambisa motokari paMurmansk Run pakutanga kwa1942, uye akatsigira amphibious landings panguva yeOperation Torch munaNovember 1942. Mukati meHondo yeNaval yeCasablanca, "Wichita" yakabatanidza mabhatiri akawanda eFrance emhenderekedzo yegungwa uye ngarava dzehondo, kusanganisira ngarava yehondo "Jean Bart". Muna 1943, "Wichita" akaendeswa kuPacific Theater, kwaakaramba ari kwehondo yose. Iye kazhinji akapa antiaircraft dziviriro nokuda Fast Carrier Task Force panguva akavhiyiwa nechepakati Pacific, kusanganisira Hondo yePhilippine Sea uye
Leyte Gulf muna 1944. Mukati mokurwisana kwokupedzisira, "Wichita" akabetsera mukunyudza ngarava inotakura ndege yeJapan "Chiyoda".