<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuchinjana kwacho kwakapedzwa pakati paJanuary, 1973, uye Proteus akatangazve mabasa ake. Muna 1974 vashandi vanobva kuShip Repair Facility paNaval Base Guam vakabvisa pfuti dzasara dze5-inch pfuti uye zvombo sezvisingadiwi nokuda kwebasa rake guru - vachisiya chete mana 20mm makomo sezvombo zvake zvikuru zvekuzvidzivirira. Apo Saigon yakawa  <response>: muna 1975, vanhu vokuVietnam vanenge 100 000 vakatiza nyika yavo uye vakaendeswa kuGuam neUnited States. Mubasa guru rainzi Operation New Life, munhu wose aikwanisa uyo aigona kuponeswa akabatsira kugovera zvivako zvokutarisira vapoteri. Sechikamu chekuedza uku, vakuru vakuru nevarume vanopfuura chiuru kubva ku Proteus vakashanda nevashandi vekuvaka veSeabee kusimudza guta renhare revapoteri kuOrote Field paNaval Base Guam, vachisiya chete vashandi vepfupa vakasarudzwa nemaoko vevanhu vari muchikepe kuti vatarise kuchengetedzeka kwake; pamwe nekubata nenjodzi kubva kuzvikepe zvaive mukati. Asi kwevhiki iyoyo, Proteus yakanga isiri mubhizinesi senguva dzose - iyo Munyori weNavy akapa Proteus yake yechipiri Meritorious Unit Commendation muna 1975; uye iye pamwe nemamwe maNavy Units akapihwa mubairo wekutanga weNavy Humanitarian Service Medal yakagadzwa ne Executive Order Ndira 1977 yezviito zvinotanga 1 Kubvumbi 1975. 