Kammala wannan jumla: An ba shi aikin a matsayin jirgin ruwa na uku daga Janairu zuwa Nuwamba 1988, "Cleveland" ya sake nuna sassauci da ƙwarewa wanda ya zama alamar ta. "Cleveland" sannan ya sauya hankali ga kare muhalli lokacin da aka tura shi zuwa Yarima William Sound, Alaska, don tallafawa kokarin tsabtace man fetur da ke hade da
Bala'in "Exxon Valdez".