The USS Lynde McCormick is decommissioned on 1 October 1991.

    20 February 2001 - The USS Lynde McCormick DDG 8 is towed away from Mare Island, CA., to be sunk as a target.

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CLASS - CHARLES F. ADAMS As Built.
Displacement 4526 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 437' (oa) x 47' x 15' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54 RF (2x1), Tartar SAM (1x2 Mk 11) ASROC ASW (1x8), 6 x 12.75" Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3).
Machinery, 70,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 333-350.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City Mich. on April 4 1958.
Launched July 28 1959 and commissioned June 3 1961.
Originally classified as DD-958, classification changed to DDG-8 April 23 1957.
Decommissioned October 1 1991.
Stricken November 20 1992.
Fate Sold June 20 1994 to Consolidated Minerals for conversion into power barge.
Returned to Navy control March 23 1999 and sunk as a target off California February 24, 2001

 February 20, 2001 - Former USS Lynde McCormick DDG 8 towed away from Mare Island, CA to be sunk as a target. The C.F. Adams class destroyer was decommissioned in 1991 and sold in 1994 for conversion to a power barge, but the conversion/scrapping contract was terminated 23 June 1999 for default. She is one of many ships returned to the Navy from shipbreakers in recent years. The former USS Lynde McCormick DDG 8 met her demise as a target ship on February 24th, 2001.