Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Minas Geraes" yakagadziridzwa paRio de Janeiro Naval Yard kubva muna June 1931 kusvika muna 1938, nepo "São Paulo" yakatungamirira uto rehondo rakadzivirira Santos munguva ye
Constitutionalist Revolution ya1932. Kunyange zvazvo Brazil akanga arongawo kuti modernize "São Paulo", ayo ezvinhu akaipa - iye chete akakwanisa kuita pachinzvimbo rayo akagadzirirwa nokukurumidza - akaita chiito kwakadaro uneconomical. Nokukurumidza pashure pokupinda kweBrazil muHondo Yenyika II musi wa21 August 1942, "São Paulo" akaendeswa kuRecife musi wa23 August kuti adzivirire chiteshi ichocho sechikepe chokudzivirira chiteshi; "Minas Geraes" akaita basa rakafanana paSalvador. Kunyange nokuvandudzwa, "Minas Geraes" yakanga yakwegura zvikuru uye isingakwanisi kuita basa muhondo.