Reactivated As A Training Ship
Gilligan recommissioned in reserve 15 July 1950 at Seattle, Washington, and conducting reserve cruises in Pacific Northwest waters, and voyages thence to the Fleet Sonar School at San Diego. Training cruises brought her twice to Hawaii, once to Acapulco, Mexico, and once to the Panama Canal Zone Also as a training ship in Portland, OR in 1958, with a cruise to Alaska.before she decommissioned 31 March 1959 at Point Astoria, Oregon. Gilligan remained out of commission in reserve at Bremerton, Washington. On 1 March 1972 she was struck from the Navy list and, on 20 November 1973, she was sold for scrapping.
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