During the 1980s "Juneau" completed seven deployments. In April 1989, "Juneau" received emergency orders to Prince William Sound in support of the "Exxon Valdez" oil spill clean up. She was the first naval vessel on station, and assumed the duties of command and control ship for Joint Task Force Alaska. She provided berthing, communications, transportation (both surface and air), food, medical and laundry services for over four hundred civilian cleanup workers. She was the host of Vice-President Dan Quayle's visit to Prince William Sound, where he toured an oil soaked beach and then returned to "Juneau" and gave a speech that was televised nationwide.