 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1931, Kaputeni Richardson akaisa ngarava itsva inorema mubasa uye akaidzora kwamakore anopfuura maviri. Mushure mekushanya semudzidzi weNaval War College muna 1933-1934, aive Budget Officer kuDhipatimendi reNavy, achigamuchira kukwidziridzwa kune rear admiral paakanga ari pachinzvimbo ichocho muna Zvita 1934. Mabasa ake okutanga semukuru mukuru weflag akabatanidza kutungamira kweScouting Force cruiser division, basa semubatsiri uye Mutungamiriri weVashandi kuna Admiral J.M. Bull Reeves, uye rwendo somutungamiriri weDestroyers, Scouting Force. Akava Mutevedzeri weCNO kuna Admiral William D. Leahy muna June 1937, achibata mugumo weWashington wokutsvaka Amelia Earhart uye kurwisapamusoro. Kwapera gore, akava mukuru weBureau of Navigation. Mukutanga kwa1938, akabatsira Major General Stanley Embick mukunyorwa kwezvirongwa zvemauto zvazvino zvehondo yekurwisa Japan, yainzi War Plan Orange. Muna June 1939, Richardson akadzokera kugungwa saMukuru, Battle Force ComBatFor, U.S. Fleet, aine chinzvimbo chenguva pfupi che admiral. 