equipment placed out of commission. On 5 June 1970, all hazardous material offloaded, and all fuel and lube oil was offloaded on 11 June 1970. The PCE-877 passed both the preliminary inspection conducted by the INACTSHIPMAINTFAC personnel on 18 June 1970, and the final inspection on 24 June 1970. From the Final Deck Logs - Remarks Sheets - Commanding Officer R.C. White, Lt.(jg), USNR Wednesday 1 July 1970, at Philadelphia, PA 00:00 Moored port side to Pier #1 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard with standard mooring lines doubled. USS Ely (PCE-880), is moored outboard. USS Portage (PCE-902) and USS Whitehall (PCE-856) are moored ahead. Other ships present include miscellaneous vessels of the US Atlantic Fleet. SOPA (senior officer present afloat) is Commanding Officer USS Lowry (DO-770). 07:45 Mustered the crew at quarters. Absentees: none 10:00 Commenced decommissioning ceremony 10:05 Colors hauled down and watch secured. Custody of USS Havre (PCE-877) transferred to Commanding Officer, Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia Decommissioned. The USS Havre (PCE-877) was thus struck from the US Navy roster of ships on 1 July 1970. The final fate of the USS Havre (PCE-877) is unknown. Several of the other ships in her final task unit lived longer in the commercial world: The USS Portage (PCE-902), the Havre's sister ship in Illinois, was renamed the Atlantic Venture and served commercial fisheries in Virginia The USS Ely (PCE-880), launched ten weeks after PCE-877 from the same Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon, was sold to the state of Maine as a research vessel, and also was owned by companies in Delaware and Louisiana, before also joining the PCE-902 and being renamed Atlantic Mist. It was sunk 16 January 2010 as part of an artificial reef outside of the Delaware Bay. The USS Whitehall (PCE-856) was converted to a tug in 1974, ended up in Virginia with the PCE-902, renamed Atlantic Shore, and was last seen in Louisiana - fate unknown Decorations The PCE-877 received the following awards during her career: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two battle stars (for its performance at the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa) World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Medal National Defense Service Medal with star References External links Naval History and Heritage Command NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Escort Photo Archive Dictionary of American Fighting Ships Naval History and Heritage Command - Naval Subjects Collection NavyHistory.com Bowling Green State University -