Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ na Septemba 1958, Tarawa so n'otu ndị agha Navy Task Force 88 (TF 88) n'oge a na-akpọ Operation Argus, nke so na-eme nnwale nuklia n'elu ikuku. Tarawa so na Atlantic Fleet ruo oge fọdụrụnụ n'ọrụ ya. Ọ nọgidere n'ụsọ oké osimiri ọwụwa anyanwụ, na-arụ ọrụ site na Quonset Point na Norfolk ma na-eleta mpaghara Caribbean mgbe ụfọdụ maka mmega ahụ. N'ụzọ bụ isi, ọrụ ya gụnyere nchebe mgbochi megide ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri Soviet na ụgbọ mmiri na-arịwanye elu na ọrụ ọzụzụ ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu maka Atlantic Fleet. Otú ọ dị, na 1 Mee 1960, ọrụ Tarawa kwụsịrị. E wepụrụ ya n'ọrụ ma tinye ya na nchekwa na Philadelphia, ebe ọ nọrọ ruo mgbe afọ 1960. Mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká, ọ natara otu mgbanwe ọzọ na aha mgbe ọ ghọrọ AVT-12 na May 1961. Na 1 June 1967, e wepụrụ aha ya na Naval Vessel Register, na 3 Ọktọba 1968, e rere ya na Boston Metals Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland maka scrapping.  Ajụjụ: olee mgbe e wepụrụ aha ya na ndepụta ahụ?
June 1, 1967