Tuhia he toenga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaritea ki te rōpū whawhai kaipuke, "Merrill" i tukuna anō ki te Middle East i te tau 1991. I te ara ki te Persian Gulf "Merrill" whai wāhi i roto i te Operation Fiery Vigil i roto i Hune 1991. I te taenga mai ki te rohe i muri i te whakamutu o te Pakanga o te Moana-a-Kiwa, ka noho a "Merrill" hei rangatira mo nga ope minesweeping i te Moana-a-Kiwa, a ko ia te kaipuke whawhai tuarua ki te toro ki te tauranga o Kuwait City i muri i te whakaekenga o Iraq
He aha? I te tau 1992 i kitea a "Merrill" e haere ana i runga i te whakaekenga o te tarukino i te rohe o Amerika ki waenganui. I te marama o Hepetema 1992 i tukuna a "Merrill" ki Long Beach Naval Shipyard mo te whakahou nui i roa ki te mutunga o te tau 1993. Ko tenei whakarereketanga ko te whakapai ake i nga papa whakahaere o nga punaha radar, he taumata katoa i taapirihia ki te kaipuke hei pupuri i nga rorohiko whakahaere CIWS i whakauruhia i mua, me te mea nui, ko te RAM (Radar Absorbent Material) i taapirihia ki te kaipuke katoa, he tuatahi mo te kaipuke whakangaromanga. I muri i te whiwhinga o te panui mo te kati o Long Beach, I nekehia te USS Merrill ki San Diego Naval Base i te tau 1994 ka whakapau i nga marama e whai ake nei hei papa whakamatautau mo te rauemi RAM, i hangaia kia rite te iti o te kaipuke ki te kaipuke toia i runga i nga radar.