ROU 18 De Julio (DE-3)
Dealey was decommissioned 28 July 1972 and stricken 28 July 1972. The ship was transferred to the Uruguayan Navy the same day, and renamed ROU 18 De Julio (DE-3), the third ship to commemorate the adoption of Uruguay's first constitution. Under the command of Germán Lariau, she arrived at Montevideo, Uruguay on 17 April 1973.
In 1981 the 18 de Julio under the command of Commander Julio Lamarthee, rescued the crew of the MS "Harp," sunk in heavy storm in the South Atlantic.
18 de Julio was stricken and broken up for scrap during 1991.
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