Cleveland waxay u ambabaxday Baasifigga 5kii Diseembar 1942, waxayna soo gaadhay Jasiiradda Efate 16kii Janaayo. Markii ugu horreysay ee ay ku xoojiso Jasiiradaha Solomon waxay la jirtay Task Force 18 (TF 18) si ay u ilaaliso kolonyo ciidan ah Guadalcanal laga bilaabo 27 ilaa 31 Janaayo, waxay ku toogatay cadowga markii ay ku soo dhacday weerar culus oo cirka ah Dagaalkii Jasiiradda Rennell bishii Janaayo 2930. Joining TF 68, Cleveland waxay ku biireen "The Slot" bishii Maarso 6 1943 si ay ugu duqeeyaan hawada Vila Kolombangara, waxay ku biireen Bonett Island ee Faransiiska Morocco bishii Nofeembar 8, waxayna ku sii jirtay duullimaadyada illaa 12kii Nofeembar, waxayna ku soo noqdeen duulimaadyada ilaa 24 saacadood. Ka dibna waxay ku biireen weerarkii ka dhacay Jasiiradda New Zealand ee Jasiiradaha Cleveland. Ka dib weerarkii diyaaradaha cirka ee ka dhacay Jasiiradda New Zealand, oo ay ku biireen duqayntii diyaar
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