foreign navies, joined in major operations in the Caribbean, and cruised to Canadian ports. She was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine, AGSS-229''', on 29 November 1950. On 11 January 1951, Flying Fish completed her duty as flagship and began to serve the Underwater Sound Laboratory in sonar experiments, notably testing a passive GHG sonar salvaged from the former German heavy cruiser in a large array surrounding her conning tower. On 29 February 1952, at 10:53, Flying Fish became the first American submarine to make 5,000 dives. On board for the event was a distinguished party headed by United States Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball. Decommissioning and disposal Placed in commission in reserve on 31 December 1953, Flying Fish was decommissioned at New London on 28 May 1954 and was sold for scrapping 1 May 1959. Honors and awards Of Flying Fishs twelve war patrols, all save the 11th were designated as "successful". She is credited with having sunk a total of 58,306 tons of enemy shipping. She received 12 battle stars for World War II service. Awards American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 12 battle stars World War II Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal References Citations References Hinman, Charles R., and Douglas E. Campbell. The Submarine Has No Friends: Friendly Fire Incidents Involving U.S. Submarines During World War II. Syneca Research Group, Inc., 2019. . External links history.navy.mil: USS Flying Fish navsource.org: USS Flying Fish hazegray.org: USS Flying Fish Bauer, Arthur O: Some Hardly Known Aspects of the GHG, German WW2 sonar Gato-class submarines World War II submarines of the United States Cold War submarines of the United States Ships built in Kittery, Maine 1941 ships Friendly fire incidents of World War II Maritime incidents in April 1942 Maritime incidents in October 1944