Plainview was designed under project SCB 219;[3] laid down 8 May 1964 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington; launched 28 June 1965; sponsored by Mrs. John T. Hayward; and placed in service on 3 March 1969.

Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 September 1978, Plainview was sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) on 1 July 1979 to General Metals (now Schnitzer Metals) on the Hylebos Waterway, Tacoma, Washington.

[1] As of 10 April 2019[update], she lies abandoned on mudflats, on private property, near Astoria, Oregon46°15′25″N 123°51′06″W / 46.256886°N 123.851683°W / 46.256886; -123.851683.

In 2019, the Washington Department of Natural Resources expressed concerns about Plainview's derelict hull leaking pollutants into the environment.

[2] This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.