Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E kenyere ya ọrụ n'òtù agha ụgbọelu, "Merrill" ka e zigara ọzọ n'Etiti Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Ụwa na 1991. Ka ọ na-aga n'Ọwara Oké Osimiri Peshia, "Merrill" sonyere na Operation Fiery Vigil na June 1991. Mgbe ọ bịarutere na mpaghara ahụ mgbe ọ kwụsịrị agha nke Agha Gulf, "Merrill" ghọrọ ọkọlọtọ maka ndị agha jikọrọ aka na-ehichapụ ogbunigwe na Ọwara Oké Osimiri Peshia ma bụrụkwa ụgbọ agha nke abụọ ileta ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri nke Kuwait City mgbe nnwere onwe ahụ gasịrị.
Ịwakpo ndị Iraq. 1992 hụrụ "Merrill" ka ọ na-aga n'ihu n'ọrụ mgbochi ọgwụ ọjọọ na mpaghara Central America nke arụmọrụ. Na Septemba 1992 e zigara "Merrill" na Long Beach Naval Shipyard maka nnukwu nrụzigharị nke were ruo na ngwụcha 1993. Ntughari a mejupụtara nkwalite na ogwe njikwa nke sistemụ radar, a na-agbakwunye ọkwa niile na ụgbọ mmiri iji tinye kọmputa na-achịkwa CIWS arụnyere na mbụ, na nke kachasị mkpa, a gbakwunyere RAM (Radar Absorbent Material) na ụgbọ mmiri niile, nke mbụ maka onye na-ebibi ihe. Mgbe ọ natara ọkwa nke mmechi a na-eme atụmatụ nke Long Beach, USS Merrill kwagara San Diego Naval Base na 1994 ma nọrọ ọnwa ole na ole sochirinụ dị ka usoro nyocha na ntinye maka ihe RAM, nke e mere iji mee ka ụgbọ mmiri ahụ dị ka obere ụgbọ mmiri na radars.