Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubvira pakuvamba kwa1932 kusvika pakuvamba kwa1934, "Arkansas" yakadzokera nokuda kweimwe nguva muPacific Fleet, yakateverwa nerimwe rwendo rweEurope 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 yokurwisa mabhomba pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. Akatsigira kumhara paNormandy muna June 1944, achipfura nzvimbo dzeGermany paOmaha Beach, asati aenda kuNormandy.
kurwisa Cherbourg gare gare mumwedzi wacho. 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.