But these plans fell through, and "John Rodgers" was moored unattended at a granary pier at the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico, accumulating more than $2 million in liens and penalties for unpaid towing and wharfage. The Mexican Government in 2008 announced plans to seize and dispose of her as a derelict, and on 2 August 2010, declared that the ship was abandoned property, ordering her to be scrapped. The ship was dismantled in the port of Lázaro Cárdenas beginning in September 2010, and work was completed in April 2011. "John Rodgers" received 12 battle stars for her World War II service.