My Dad served on this ship from commission to decommission during and after WWII. We had assumed she was scrapped long before 1992
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brookings_(APA-140)

This is a Haskell class APA, in fact this is former USS Brookings (APA-140). She had been in the James River Reserve Fleet from 10/6/58 till 11/16/87 when she was returned to the Navy to be used for non-destructive target practice. Hurricane Hugo blew her onshore in September 1989. Attempts were made to pull her off, but she defied them and a contract was issued in April 1992 to Resolve Marine Group to dismantle her in-situ.