injuries were reported. On On 15 January 1981, the LST was transferred to the Naval Reserve Force. Racine was decommissioned on 2 October 1993 was placed in inactive reserve at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 December 2008. In 2009, there was discussion of a possible sale of ex- and ex-Racine to Peru. This plan did not materialize and ex-Fresno was sunk as a target in 2014. Ex-Racine was listed as "disposal by experimental use" by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in September 2016. On 12 July 2018, ex-Racine was struck by live fire as part of a sinking exercise (SINKEX) involving units from Australia, Japan, and the United States. The ship was sunk by a Harpoon missile fired from a Royal Australian Air Force Boeing P-8A Poseidon and a Mark 48 torpedo from the United States Navy . The torpedo hit the LST amidships, breaking the vessel's keel and sinking it in waters deep, north of Kauai, Hawaii. Citations References External links navsource.org: USS Racine Newport-class tank landing ships Ships built in San Diego 1970 ships Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Peruvian Navy Ships sunk as targets Maritime incidents in 2018