Decommissioning and Transfer To Turkey
After Windham County returned to Yokosuka in December 1972, an intensive period of preparation for her transfer to the Turkish Navy under the Security Assistance Program began. She was decommissioned on 1 June 1973 and turned over to the Turkish Navy for use as a training ship. She was renamed Turkish Republic Ship (TCG) Ertugrul (L401).
The United States Navy finally struck Windham County's name from the Navy List on 6 August 1989.
Read more about this topic: USS Windham County (LST-1170)
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