"Meyerkord" commenced her fourth WESTPAC in February 1980 with RIMPAC '80. During this deployment, "Meyerkord" visited Guam, Japan and the Philippines. "Meyerkord" participated in a search and rescue operation involving a merchant ship and completed the WESTPAC by participating in operation "Dakota Run" in the Sea of Okhotsk with and . "Meyerkord" collided with "Sensho Maru" in dense fog off Matsuyama Japan in July 1980. Repairs to "Meyerkord" cost $115,000 and the ship was in port at Yokosuka from 13 July to 5 August 1980 for repairs.