Final Decommissioning
Symbol was struck from the Navy list on 1 July 1972 and transferred to Mexico as a sale on 19 September 1972 to serve in the Mexican Navy as the ARM Guillermo Prieto (C71). The ship was later reclassified G02, before she was renamed to ARM Juan de la Barrera (P102) in 1993. As of 2007, Juan de la Barrera was in active service for the Mexican Navy.
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