USS Starling (AM-64) - Decommissioning

Decommissioning

Starling was placed in reserve, out of commission, on 15 May 1946. In October 1948, she was towed to a berthing area at Long Beach, California. On 7 February 1955, the ship was reclassified MSF-64. She was struck from the Navy list on 1 July 1972 and sold to the government of Mexico on 16 February 1973, renamed ARM Valentín Gómez Farías (C79). Her pennant number was later changed to G11, and changed again in 1993 to P110. As of 2007, Valentín Gómez Farías was in active service with the Mexican Navy.