 The prospective commanding officer of NAVFAC Barbados was then enlisted in a Navy effort called "Operation Golden Gun" to transport the long lost cannon back to its rightful place.The cannon was flown into Barbados 12 June 1978 by a plane of VP-30 and returned to the Barbados Regiment that day at Evening Parade.NAVFAC Barbados was operated by the United States Navy for twenty-two years and was officially decommissioned on 31 March 1979.