 The ship was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 17 November 2000.After five weeks of work by divers stabilizing the vessel, "La Moure County" was towed by the to Talcahuano, Chile where further repairs were deemed uneconomical.Having been stripped of all usable material, the damaged hulk of "La Moure County" was towed out to sea and sunk as a target on 10 July 2001 during UNITAS 2001.