on Japanese shipping, she had rescued six U.S. Army Air Forces personnel, and her crew was authorized to wear the Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia. Post-World War II With a new commanding officer, Blackfish departed Guam on 27 August 1945, bound for the United States East Coast. After transiting the Panama Canal and making brief stops at New York City and Camden, New Jersey, she arrived at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, in September 1945. She underwent a pre-inactivation overhaul and was placed in an inactive status at Groton. On 11 May 1946, while still moored there, she was decommissioned and placed in reserve. In January 1949, Blackfish was towed from Groton to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, for renovation. On 5 May 1949, she reported for duty at the Naval Reserve Training Center at St. Petersburg, Florida, and began non-commissioned service as a training submarine for United States Naval Reserve personnel. On 2 February 1954, she returned to Naval Submarine Base New London and underwent another inactivation overhaul there. On 19 May 1955, she was placed out of service and berthed with the reserve fleet at New London. Disposal In July 1955 Blackfish was deactivated, and on 1 September 1958 she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. On 4 May 1959 she was sold to Luria Brothers & Company Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for US$53,670.21. She subsequently was scrapped. Honors and awards European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one battle star for World War II service Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with seven battle stars for World War II service World War II Victory Medal References External links hazegray.org: USS Blackfish navsource.org: USS Blackfish Kill record: USS Blackfish Gato-class submarines World War II submarines of the United States Ships built in Groton, Connecticut 1942 ships