On 22 December 2014, the U.S. Navy paid one cent to International Shipbreaking of Brownsville, Texas, to tow and scrap "Ranger". International Shipbreaking paid to tow her around South America, through the Straits of Magellan, as "Ranger" was too big to fit through the Panama Canal. The tow began on 5 March 2015 from the inactive ships maintenance facility, Bremerton, Washington, to Brownsville. International Shipbreaking expected to make a profit from "Ranger" after the costs of the tow and the actual dismantling of the ship.