Museum Ship
Custody of Sphinx was transferred on 2 December 2002 to the Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum in Dunkirk, New York for preservation, where she was regarded as the "Sole Survivor of All LST's in The U.S. Mothball Fleet Today."
It was reported in May 2007, that the Sphinx was being stripped of parts by groups from other historical ships, as the Dunkirk Historical group was unsuccessful in raising adequate funds to move her to their location. Later that year, Sphinx was sold for scrapping to North American Recycling, Inc. The ship was moved to Baltimore, but the scrapper went out of business and Sphinx was abandoned along with another Atlantic Reserve Fleet ship, the former USS Hoist (ARS-40). In November 2007, Sphinx was acquired by Bay Bridge Enterprises, who moved her to their facility in Chesapeake, Virginia for disposal. The vessel arrived at their facility on 1 December 2007.
Sphinx received one battle star for Korean service and eight for service in Vietnam.
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