Post-decommissioning Activity
Almost immediately, however, she was reinstated on the list of service craft as YAG-60 for service on the Pacific Missile Range. That assignment lasted for about two years until June 1971. On 1 July 1971, her service craft designation was struck from the navy list. Early in 1972, she became a salvage training hulk for Service Squadron (ServRon) 5 at Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. She was so employed until June 1977 at which time she was destroyed as a target.
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