Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Mayu 1980 "Richmond K. Turner" ya shiga cikin Boston OPSAIL 80 kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Meritorious Unit don gudanar da ayyukan musamman guda biyu, amma ba a lissafa wannan lambar yabo a shafin yanar gizon Amurka ba. "Richmond K. Turner" ya kammala nasarar da aka samu na hudu a matsayin wani ɓangare na Amurka na shida na Amurka, kafin a sake yin gyare-gyare mai zurfi a Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina daga Janairu zuwa Disamba 1982. A lokacin wannan gyare-gyare "Richmond K. Turner" ya karbi sabuntawa da yawa don sabunta tsarin tsarin yaƙi. An kuma sanya shi da Vulcan Phalanx Close in Weapons System (CIWS) don kare kai daga makamai masu linzami. Bayan wannan gyare-gyare "Richmond K. Turner" ya kammala wasu wurare biyu na Bahar Rum. Jirgin ya sami lambar yabo ta Navy Expeditionary da Meritorious Unit Commendation a lokacin wannan aikin. A lokacin da
Aiki a cikin Gulf of Sidra a kan sojojin ruwan Libya, "Turner" ya kashe wani jirgin ruwa na Libya tare da makami mai linzami na Harpoon.