Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An sanya shi zuwa rukunin yakin basasa, "Merrill" ya sake turawa zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya a 1991. A kan hanyar zuwa Gulf Persian "Merrill" ya shiga cikin Operation Fiery Vigil a watan Yunin 1991. Da ya isa yankin bayan tsagaita wuta na Yakin Gulf, "Merrill" ya zama babban jirgin ruwa na rundunar mayakan hadin gwiwa a cikin Tekun Fasha kuma shi ne jirgin yaki na biyu da ya ziyarci tashar jiragen ruwa na Kuwait City bayan da aka saki.
mamayewar Iraki. 1992 ya sami "Merrill" a kan ci gaba da yunkuri na maganin miyagun ƙwayoyi a yankin Amurka ta Tsakiya. A watan Satumbar 1992 an aika da "Merrill" zuwa Long Beach Naval Shipyard don sake gyarawa wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa ƙarshen 1993. Wannan gyare-gyare ya ƙunshi haɓakawa ga bangarorin sarrafawa na tsarin radar, an ƙara cikakken matakin zuwa jirgin don ƙunsar kwamfutocin sarrafawa na CIWS da aka girka a baya, kuma mafi mahimmanci, RAM (Radar Absorbent Material) an ƙara shi zuwa duk jirgin, na farko ga mai hallaka. Bayan karɓar sanarwa game da shirin rufe Long Beach, USS Merrill ya koma San Diego Naval Base a 1994 kuma ya shafe watanni masu zuwa a matsayin dandalin gwaji a cikin turawa don kayan RAM, wanda aka tsara don sanya jirgin ya zama kamar ƙaramin jirgin ruwa a kan radars.