 "England" was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation a final time for actions performed 2 August to 16 August 1990.As the leading Naval Warship in the region, "England" assumed primary shipping interdiction and air defense roles while forces were mobilized to support what would become Operation Desert Shield.She was decommissioned on 21 January 1994, mothballed in the Suisun Bay for ten years and was sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking Ltd., Brownsville, Texas (USA).