Decommissioning and Disposal
The minesweeper operated from that port for the next year. Shoveler moved to San Diego, California, on 29 June 1956 for inactivation and was placed out of commission, in reserve, on 28 September 1956.
Shoveler was loaned to Peru on 1 November 1960 under the Foreign Military Assistance Program and served that government as MSF-69.
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