"Harlan County" was decommissioned on 14 April 1995 and was temporarily leased to Spain, where she was re-christened as "Pizarro" (L42) in the Spanish Navy. In 1999 the US government finally sold "Harlan County" to Spain; the ship was decommissioned by the Spanish Navy on 14 December 2012. In December 2013 it was reported that she would be sold to Angola as part of a package with the Spanish aircraft carrier "Príncipe de Asturias". The ship failed to sell and was sold for scrap in April, 2016, for approximately $1-million USD. The ship was completely dismantled between May and November, 2016, at El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain.