End of Career
Soon Whitehurst's home port was shifted to Portland, Oregon, from Seattle. The ship she was to replace, McGinty (DE-365), was being deactivated as part of an economy drive. However, Whitehurst's days were also numbered, and she, too, was soon deactivated. On 12 July 1969, the destroyer escort was taken out of service and struck from the Navy List. She was eventually taken to sea, and sunk as a target by Trigger (SS-564) on 28 April 1971.
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