 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukuwedzera kune zviitiko zvekuedza, Hazelwood yakaramba ichibatanidzwa mumabasa akawanda anopiwa kune anoparadza. Sezvo America yakatarisana neRussia pamusoro pekuunzwa kwemasimba ekurwisa kuCubamuna October 1962, yakaendazve kuCaribbean kunorwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura uye kunocherechedza. Hazelwood yakasvika kuGuantanamo Naval Base musi wa5 Mbudzi, nguva pfupi mushure mekunge kurambidzwa kweCuba kwashanda uye yakaramba yakangwarira panguva yedambudziko, ichishanda seGun Fire Support Ship yeTask Force 84. Apo ngarava yepasi pegungwa yenyukireya Thresher yakatadza kubuda 10 April 1963, Hazelwood yakakurumidza kuendeswa kunzvimbo yenjodzi ine masayendisiti anobva kuWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution kuti vatange kutsvaka kwakarongeka kwechikepe chakarasika. 