Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Ka dib weerarkii Pearl Harbor, maraakiib dagaal ayaa si deg deg ah loogu baahday Baasifigga waxaana Hughes ka soo shiraacday Norfolk, Virginia 18kii Diseembar 1941, isagoo gaadhay San Diego, California oo ay weheliso, 30kii Diseembar. Waxay ka baxday San Diego 12kii Janaayo 1942 si ay u raacdo maraakiibta keena xoojinta Samoa. "Hughes" ayaa markaas ka soo shiraacday Samoa isagoo qayb ka ah ciidanka weerarka ee diyaaradaha xambaara oo lagu dhisay diyaaradaha xambaara "Yorktown". Markabka ayaa ka hortagay weeraradii Jaluit, Makin, Mili, iyo Canton Islands, ka dibna wuxuu taageeray "Yorktown" Task Force 17 (TF17), markii ay weerartay saldhigyada Japan ee Lae iyo Salamaua 10kii Maarso 1942. Ka maqnaanshaha Dagaalkii Badda Coral markii uu raacinayey markab shidaal siday oo shidaal u waday Nouméa, "Hughes" wuxuu gaadhay Pearl Harbor si uu uga qayb galo Dagaalkii Badda Coral.
Dagaalkii Midway.