Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubvira pakutanga kwa1932 kusvika pakutanga kwa1934, "Arkansas" yakadzokera kunoshanda muPacific Fleet, ichiteverwa nerimwe rwendo rwokuEurope gare gare mugore iroro. Pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II muna September 1939, iye akagadzwa kuti reserve simba nokuda Neutrality Patrols. Akatsigira basa Iceland muna July 1941 somunhu achiperekedza nokuda troopship convoys. Muna November, sezvo zvakava pachena kuti United States yaizobatanidzwa muHondo Yenyika II, "Wyoming" yakapiwazve basa rokuva ngarava yokudzidzisa pfuti, basa raakashanda naro kwenguva yehondo. "Arkansas", ukuwo, yakaramba iri mubasa romumutsetse wokutanga muhondo yacho, kutanga senhumbi dzokufambisa kuenda kuNorth Africa, uye ipapo senhumbi dzokubhomba pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. Iye akatsigira kumhara paNormandy muna June 1944, kupfura zvigaro zveGermany paOmaha Beach, vasati vapfura Cherbourg
gare gare mumwedzi uno. Basa rake rokurwisa rakatevera rakauya neOperation Dragoon, kupindirwa kwokumaodzanyemba kweFrance, muna August wegore iroro. Akabva aendeswa kuPacific Theater of Operations kuti aende kunorwa nemaJapan. Yakarwisa nzvimbo dzeJapan paIwo Jima muna February 1945 uye paOkinawa muna April.