ship slipped its lines for the final time in Illinois and made voyage for Philadelphia. At 1925 the ship moored port side to the USCG Pier in Manistee, Michigan, meeting up with the USS Portage (PCE-902) and USS Ely (PCE-880). The USS Havre (PCE-877) and USS Ely (PCE-880) steamed out of Manistee together on 28 April 1970, crossed under the Mackinac Bridge at 20:31 and put into port at St. Ignace Municipal Pier at 22:05. On 30 April 1970 the two ships arrived and docked at Port Huron Seaway Terminal Pier in Port Huron, Michigan at 1609. Both the 877 and 880 stayed in Port Huron until joined by the USS Portage (PCE-902) on 2 May 1970, where the three ships continued through Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, entering Lake Erie at 1420. The three ships entered the Maumee River and moored at the Toledo Marine Terminal Pier at 1908. On 4 May 1970 the ships departed Toledo Harbor and steamed for Cleveland, and then Erie, Pennsylvania on 5 May 1970, Buffalo Harbor on 6 May 1970. On 9 May 1970, the ships moved west to an anchorage near Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada and then entered the Welland Canal the next day, entering Lake Ontario at 1812 in a column formation and on 11 May 1945 embarked various Seaway Pilots for transiting segments of the St. Lawrence Seaway, and mooring on 12 May 1945 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Joining the trio in Montreal were the USS Whitehall (PCE-856) and the USS Hollidaysburg (PCS-1385). The next day (13 May), the PCE-877 arrived in Quebec City, along with new member of the group USS Parle (DE 708). On 14 May 1970, the six ships (now called Task Unit 132.9.1) departed in a column formation, steaming for Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving the morning of 17 May 1970, and departing again the next morning for Naval Weapons Station Earle Pier Complex, Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey, arriving the morning of 20 May 1970. At 1200 the crew commenced offloading all remaining ammunition. The task unit then steamed around Cape May, New Jersey, entering the Delaware River Channel, and moored at 1240 on 21 May 1970 at Pier #1 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. This would be the last time the USS Harve (PCE-877) would move under her own power. Decommissioning activities commenced in Philadelphia. On 2 June 1970, all main engines, generators and associated