Spanish Navy Career
The former San Marcos was commissioned in the Spanish Navy as Galicia (TA31) on 1 July 1971. She was sold outright to Spain on 1 August 1974. Galicia's pennant number was changed to L31 c. 1980. Galicia was stricken from the Spanish Navy list in early 1988, and scrapped in 1989.
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