Final Decommissioning
On 29 May, she arrived at Orange, Texas, for inactivation and on 30 June 1969, her name was stricken from the Navy list. In March 1970, she was assigned to Naval Air Atlantic for destruction as a target. She was sunk as target off Florida in May 1970.
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