In April 1975, Mobile participated in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam.

On 29 September 2023, Mobile was removed from the Philadelphia NIMSF and towed to Brownsville, Texas, where it will be scrapped.

USS Mobile LKA-115 was part of the Operation Eagle Claw rescue attempt in April 1980.

Awards issued to crew from that rescue attempt included the Navy expeditionary medal and Armed Forces expeditionary Medals issued July 1980 for participation in the Rescue attempt called Eagle Claw.

OS2 Richard Medeiros, USN, coordinated emergency evacuation establishing communications with AFB in Germany from USS Mobile CIC center.