Decommissioning and Sale
Pitkin County was decommissioned on 1 September 1971, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 April 1975 and transferred to the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for disposal. Pitkin County was sold for scrapping by DRMS on 19 December 1975.
However, she was then sold to Max Rouse & Sons, Beverly Hills, California, and taken in hand by Marine Industries, Tacoma, Washington for conversion for commercial use. She was then sold on to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd, Singapore in 1975 and renamed LST-4. She arrived at Piraeus, Greece having been acquired by Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A., Panama (Greek flag) and was renamed Petrola 144, on 6 June 1978. She arrived at the ship breakers at Gadani Beach, Pakistan for demolition, on 16 April 1988.
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