Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna September 1978, pashure pokugadziridzwa kwakaitwa paCharleston Naval Shipyard, "Richmond K. Turner" akaendeswa kuFleet Training Center, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO) kuti anodzidziswazve (REFTRA). Zuva rakatevera kusvika kwacho "Richmond K. Turner" akarayirwa kuti adzivise uye aongorore zvikamu zveSoviet Naval zvaishanda muWest Indies. Basa iroro rapedzwa, ngarava yacho yakabva yanzi ipfuure nePanama Canal uye itange kuita basa rokuongorora kumahombekombe ekumadokero kweNicaragua. Achipinza varairidzi veREFTRA, "Richmond K. Turner" akapedza zvose zvaaida pakudzidziswa paaiendeswa kunoshanda. Ngarava yacho yakagamuchira Meritorious Unit Commendation nokuda kwemabasa aya muna March 1979. Kubva muna March kusvika muna September 1979, akaitisa basa rokufambisa ngarava uye rokuzvimiririra neSixth Fleet, "Richmond K. Turner" akashanyira zviteshi zveBarcelona, Palma de Mallorca, uye Valencia, Spain; Civitavecchia (Roma) uye Alassio, Italy; Athens, Greece; uye Constanta, Romania paGungwa Dema. "Turner" akasarudzwa kuti amiririre United States muSt. Tropez pamhemberero yegore rechi 35 rokumhara kweAllied kumaodzanyemba kweFrance
. Muna July 1986, "Turner" akabudirira kubudisa Harpoon missile muGulf of Sidra, achiparadza chinangwa pane imwe nzvimbo ye. Uku ndiko kwaiva kutanga kupfura chombo chinonzi Harpoon chakabva muchikepe cheU.S. Navy.