Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site ná mmalite afọ 1932 ruo ná mmalite afọ 1934, "Arkansas" gaghachiri n'ụgbọ mmiri ndị na-arụ n'Oké Osimiri Pacific, mechaakwa gaa njem ọzọ na Europe ná ngwụsị afọ ahụ. Mgbe Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ tiwapụrụ na Septemba 1939, e kenyere ya ndị agha nchekwa maka ndị nnọpụiche. Ọ kwadoro ọrụ nke Iceland na July 1941 dị ka escort maka troopship convoys. N'ọnwa Nọvemba, mgbe o doro anya na United States ga-etinye aka n'Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, e kenyere "Wyoming" ọrụ ọzọ dị ka ụgbọ mmiri na-azụ ndị na-agba égbè, ọrụ ọ rụrụ n'oge agha ahụ. Ka ọ dịgodị, "Arkansas" nọgidere na-eje ozi n'ihu agha n'oge agha ahụ, nke mbụ dị ka onye na-eso ndị njem na-aga n'Ebe Ugwu Africa, ma mesịa dị ka ụgbọ mmiri na-atụ bọmbụ n'ụsọ oké osimiri. Ọ kwadoro ịbata na Normandy na June 1944, na-atụ bọmbụ ndị Germany na Omaha Beach, tupu
na-atụ bọmbụ na Cherbourg n'ọnwa a. Ọrụ bọmbụ ya ọzọ bịara na Operation Dragoon, mbuso agha nke ndịda France, n'August n'afọ ahụ. Mgbe ahụ, a kpọfere ya na Pacific Theater of Operations maka ime ihe megide ndị Japan. Ọ gbara ndị Japan bọmbụ na Iwo Jima na February 1945 na Okinawa na Eprel.