Inactivation
In February 1972, the Air Force decided that it no longer required Watertown's services. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 16 February 1972, and she was returned to the Maritime Administration at its berthing facility at Suisun Bay, California, on 23 March. She was sold 23 May 1974 and scrapped in Pusan.
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