Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi 1971 i haere te "McKean" ki te kaipuke kaipuke o Ingarangi ki te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, kātahi ka uru atu ki te US Seventh Fleet. I te marama o Tihema, 1971 i tukuna te "McKean" ki te Bay o Bengal hei wāhanga o te Task Force 74 ki te tiaki i ngā painga o Amerika i reira i te wā o te Pakanga Indo-Pakistani
i whakahaeretia. Whai muri i tana hokinga mai ki te kaipuke, ka kite a "McKean" i nga tauranga i Singapore, Hong Kong, New Guinea me Ahitereiria me Niu Tireni. I hoki ia ki Long Beach i te marama o Noema 1971 ma te tu i Amerika Samoa me Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.