A Navy Expeditionary Medal was awarded for service relating to the crisis from 21 November 1979 to 2 February 1980. "Claude V. Ricketts" deployed to Northern Europe in January 1981 and operated with the Standing Naval Force Atlantic. The ship visited 8 countries and 15 different cities and conducted exercises from Gibraltar to Norway, north of the Arctic Circle and west to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She returned to Norfolk in June 1981. A Meritorious Unit Commendation was awarded for service from 7 January 1981 to 24 June 1981. During late 1983 and early 1984, "Claude V. Ricketts" deployed in support of operations of the coast of Lebanon in the months after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal was awarded for three time periods relating to Lebanon during this deployment. "Claude V. Ricketts" deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in late 1987 and returned to Norfolk, 29 March 1988. "Claude V. Ricketts" was decommissioned on 31 October 1989 at Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, VA, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1990 and sold for scrap on 15 April 1994, to NR Acquisitions of NYC and towed to Bethlehem Steel's old Fairfield yard in Baltimore, MD for scrapping by Wilmington Resources, Inc. of Wilmington, NC. Sale price $184,550.66. The scrap contract was terminated on 1 October 1996, and the Navy repossessed the ship on 18 October, and returned to NISMF Philadelphia and the ship was resold to Metro Machine, Incorporated, of Philadelphia Pennsylvania on 5 December 2001 . Scrapping was completed on 8 November 2002. According to the Navy Unit awards list, "Claude V. Ricketts" and her crew received the following awards:  For other ships named "Biddle", see USS "Biddle". As of 2015, there have been no other ships named for Claude V. Ricketts.