Decommissioning and Transfer To South Vietnam
In April 1972, Absecon and two of her sister ships, Coast Guard cutters USCGC Chincoteague (WHEC-375) and USCGC McCulloch (WHEC-386), were deployed as Coast Guard Squadron Two, with crews composed mainly of members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve. They were originally scheduled to sail to Subic Bay in the Philippine Islands, but were diverted to the U.S. Navy base at Apra Harbor, Guam. Eventually the three cutters were decommissioned, transferred to the U.S. Navy, and then transferred to South Vietnam.
The Coast Guard decommissioned Absecon on 9 May 1972 and returned her to the U.S. Navy the same day. She was struck from the Naval Register.
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