End of Career
The Mansfield was decommissioned 4 February 1971. On 1 February 1974, she was officially stricken from the Navy Vessel Register. She was sold to Argentina 4 June 1974 and cannibalized for spare parts.
Mansfield received five battle stars for World War II service, and three for Korean service.
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