Kammala wannan jumlar: A watan Nuwambar 1971 "McKean" ya bi jirgin jigilar Burtaniya zuwa Tekun Indiya, sannan ya shiga Rundunar Soji ta Bakwai ta Amurka. A watan Disamba, 1971 da "McKean" da aka aika zuwa Bay na Bengal a matsayin wani ɓangare na Task Force 74 don kare Amurka bukatun akwai yayin da
An yi yakin Indo-Pakistan. Bayan ya koma cikin rundunar, "McKean" ya ga tashar jiragen ruwa a Singapore, Hong Kong, New Guinea da kuma Australia da New Zealand. Ta koma Long Beach a watan Nuwambar 1971 ta hanyar tsayawa a Samoa na Amurka da Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.