Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Mei 1980 "Richmond K. Turner" i uru ki te OPSAIL 80 o Boston a kua whakawhiwhia ki a Meritorious Unit Citation mo te whakahaere i nga mahi motuhake e rua, engari kaore tenei tohu i te raarangi i te paetukutuku whakawhiwhi US Navy Unit. I whakaotihia e Richmond K. Turner e wha nga whakatinanatanga Mediterranean angitu hei waahanga o te US Sixth Fleet, i mua i te whakahou nui i te Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina mai i te Hanuere ki te Tihema 1982. I roto i tenei whakarereketanga "Richmond K. Turner" i whiwhi i nga whakahoutanga maha hei whakahou i tana huinga punaha whawhai. I whakauruhia hoki ki a ia te Vulcan Phalanx Close in Weapons System (CIWS) hei tiaki i a ia ano ki nga rererangi rererangi. Whai muri i tenei whakarereketanga "Richmond K. Turner" i whakaoti i etahi atu waahanga Mediterranean e rua. I whakawhiwhia te kaipuke ki te Navy Expeditionary Medal me te Meritorious Unit Commendation i tenei mahi. I roto i te
I te mahi i te Moana-a-Kiwa o Sidra ki te ope moana o Libya, ka whakakahoretia e te "Turner" tetahi kaipuke paturu o Libya me te missile Harpoon.