Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - "Minas Geraes" yakagadziridzwa paRio de Janeiro Naval Yard kubva munaJune 1931 kusvika muna 1938, nepo "São Paulo" yakatungamira mauto emauto akadzivirira Santos panguva yeConstitutionalist 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.