Decommissioning and Transfer To Venezuela
Decommissioned on 14 June 1973 at Yokosuka, Japan, Vernon County was transferred to the Venezuelan Navy on 29 June 1973 on loan. Assigned the name Amazonas (T-21) in Venezuelan service, she was permanently transferred, via cash sale, to Venezuela on 1 December 1977. She was simultaneously struck from the Navy List.
Amazonas ran aground on 6 August 1980, but was repaired and returned to Venezuelan Navy service.
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