USS "Worden" departed Fremantle on 21 July 1980 and headed home to Japan, with a stop in Subic Bay, arriving at Yokosuka on 3 August 1980, ending her 1980 Indian Ocean deployment of 114 days. But there was no rest for USS "Worden" and her crew, as the crew and homeport changeover with USS "Reeves" drew closer with USS "Reeves" arriving on 14 August, and the crew transfer taking place on 19 August 1980, with 104 "Worden" crewmen transferring to USS "Reeves" and remaining in Japan, and 119 "Reeves" crew moving on board USS "Worden" for the trip to USS "Worden's" new homeport of Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, which began when USS "Worden" departed Yokosuka for the final time as a homeport ship on 25 August 1980. For this cruise many of the crewmembers family sailed on board to Hawaii, the first 'Tiger' cruise USS "Worden" had undertook in many years.