Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Peleliu" akaendeswazve kuWestern Pacific muna January 1990. Ngarava iyi, pamwe chete neAmphibious Ready Group (ARG), yakapinda mumitambo yenyika dzakawanda kusanganisira Exercise Team Spirit nemauto anobva kuRepublic of Korea, uye Exercise Cobra Gold, muThailand. "Peleliu" akadzokera kumusha kuNaval Station Long Beach muna July uye gare gare muzhizha iroro akapinda muchivako chengarava nokuda kwenguva yokuwanika iyo yakanga yakarongerwa kupedza rinenge gore. Mhinduro yeU.S. pakupinda kweIraq muKuwait
muna August 1990 kwakaderedza kuwanikwa kwechikepe uye kwakamanikidza "Peleliu" mupurogiramu yakakurumidza yekudzidzira kusati kwaiswa, asi haana kuiswa kuOperation Desert Shield / Desert Storm. Pakupedzisira yakabva kuLong Beach muna May 1991, ichitsigira mabasa eU.S. ari kuenderera mberi kuMiddle East. Muna June 1991, achiri munzira kuenda kuPersian Gulf, akatendeutswa kubva pachiteshi chakarongwa muHong Kong kuenda kuPhilippines, kwaakabatanidzwa mukubuda kwevaAmerica kubva kuNaval Base Subic Bay zvichitevera kuputika kwegomo reMount Pinatubo. Uku kubviswa kwaibatanidza kutakura varwere vazhinjisa kubva pawadhi rokuberekera paSubic Bay chipatara chehondo, uye nokudaro kwaiva navana vakawanda vakaberekwa mungarava. Kuputika uku kwakanga kuri kumwe kukuru mumakore 100 apfuura uye kwakafukidza nharaunda huru yePhilippines mumadota anoputika uye kwakakonzera kukuvadzwa kukuru kunzvimbo dzechiuto dzeAmerica munharaunda yacho, kubatanidza Naval Station Subic Bay, Naval Air Station Cubi Point, uye Clark Air Force Base.