Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan aikinta a kan Adak, an sake tura ta zuwa Kodiak, Alaska, inda ta shafe sauran ayyukanta na Coast Guard. Ta isa ƙasar a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1979. A ranar 24 ga Maris, 1989, "Exxon Valdez"
ya sauka a kan Bligh Reef a Prince William Sound zubar da man fetur. "Ironwood" an tura shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na babban aikin tsaro na bakin teku. Ta sanya bam, ta kafa tashar jiragen ruwa don amsar jirgi, kuma ta lura da yanayin man fetur da kuma namun daji da aka shafa.