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 Ọktọba) maka mwakpo nke North Africa. Ike ọkụ ya kwadoro mwakpo ụgbọ mmiri na Fedhala, French Morocco na 8 Nọvemba, ma ọ nọgidere na-agagharị ruo 12 Nọvemba, laghachi na Norfolk na 24 Nọvemba. Mgbe ọ na-agagharị na 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
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