Project Mercury
On 30 January 1960 Escape got underway to assist in Project Mercury, a United States space-flight program. She continued to give essential support to the fleet through the remainder of 1960.
On 1 September 1978, she was decommissioned and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
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