 The original officer in charge, Lieutenant Eugene N. Cate, received the Meritorious Unit Commendation for the crew and several members received individual awards.MSS-1 was removed from service 15 March 1973 and returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for disposal on 2 September 1975 and delivered to Luria Brothers and Company for scrapping the same day.The former "Harry L. Glucksman" was scrapped in 1975 at Brownsville, Texas.