 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna June 1980 kusvika muna June 1981, Service akanga ari mutungamiriri weCarrier Group 8, iyo yaishanda muIndian Ocean ndokutora rutivi mukusunungurwa kwaJanuary 1981 kwevaAmerica vakanga vabatwa vari nhapwarakanga raitwa muTehran, Iran, kubvira muna November 1979. Kubva muna July 1981 kusvika muna September 1982, akanga ari mutungamiri weBattle Force, Sixth Fleet, uye Task Force 60 muGungwa reMediterranean. Munguva rwendo urwu, akaronga uye akauraya zvombo zvehondo muGulf of Sidra kure Libya izvo zvakaguma maviri F-14A Tomcat varwi kubva Fighter Squadron 41 mungarava vatakuri ndege kudonhedza maviri Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 NATO kushuma zita Fitter kurwisa ndege panguva Gulf of Sidra chiitiko 19 August 1981. Akagamuchira menduru yeBasa Rakanaka nokuda kweiri basa. 