Final Decommissioning and Fate
On 12 March 1958, she was formally transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Maquoketa was sold on 2 December 1975 to the National Metal & Steel Corp of Terminal Island, Ca for $132,132.29. Maquoketa was removed from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 16 December 1975 and was scrapped shortly afterwards.
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