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"Vogelgesang" was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 24 February 1982, transferred to Mexico and renamed "Quetzalcoatl" (E-03). In 1993, the ship had a single Bofors 57 mm gun mounted in "B" position, between the forward 5 inch mount and the ship's bridge. Also during that year, the ship was renamed "Ilhuicamina" with the pennant number E-10, although by 2002 the ship had reverted to the name "Quetzalcoatl". In 1994, the ASROC launched and anti-submarine torpedo tubes were removed. In 2001, the ship again changed Pennant number, to D 101. She was decommissioned by the Mexican Navy in late 2002. On 24 November 2006, the ship was scuttled to form an artificial reef.