Cleveland gara Pacific na 5 Disemba 1942, wee rute na Efate Island na 16 Jenụwarị. Nke mbụ ya na nkwalite nke Solomon Islands bụ na Task Force 18 (TF 18) iji chebe ndị agha na-aga Guadalcanal site na 27 ruo 31 Jenụwarị, gbara ndị iro ahụ ọkụ ka ọ na-abịa n'okpuru mwakpo ikuku siri ike na Agha Rennell Island na 29 Jenụwarị. Joining TF 68, Cleveland sonyeere otu ndị ọrụ na Bermuda (na 29 Ọktoba) maka mwakpo nke North Africa. Ọ kwadoro mwakpo ụgbọ mmiri na Fedhala, French Morocco na November 8, ma ọ nọgidere na-agagharị ruo November 12, laghachi na Norfolk na November 24. Cleveland gara Pacific na 5 Disemba 1942, wee rute na Efate Island na Jenụwarị 16. Onye isi ya na mkpokọta nke Solomon Islands bụ na Task Force 18 (TF 18) iji chebe ndị agha na-aga Guadalcanal site na 27 ruo 31 Jenụwarị, gbara ndị iro ahụ ọkụ ka ọ na-abịa n'okpuru mwakpo ikuku siri ike na Agha Rennell Island na Jenụwarị 29.
Douglas MacArthur