Decommissioning
She decommissioned in December 1969 and was returned to MARAD in August 1970 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. She was struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1976. Final Disposition: disposed of by MARAD sale, 25 November 1981, to Levine Metals Corp., Moored in Richmond, CA. Sold Alien to Shiong Yek Steel Corporation for scrapping in Taiwan on 29 September with ex-USS Procyon and USS Zelima. All 3 ships scrapped at Kaohsiung between December 1986 and 16 June .
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