of duty with the Seventh Fleet. While deployed, she exercised with SEATO naval units in Exercise Sea Imp. On 17 October 1966, she returned to San Diego. Raton spent 1967 in the San Diego area in local operations, conducting United States Naval Reserve training and undergoing a semiannual overhaul. On 20 and 21 May 1968, she served as a test ship to determine whether a small fleet tug could rescue men from a sunken submarine resting on the ocean floor. Raton commenced her final western Pacific deployment 15 July 1968, arriving at Yokohama, Japan, on 7 August 1968. During her deployment, she provided training services to Seventh Fleet and SEATO units. She returned to San Diego on 20 December 1968. Decommissioning and disposal Raton was decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard and stricken from the Navy List on 28 June 1969. Her stripped hull was designated as a target ship for United States Pacific Fleet gunnery exercise. She was sold for scrapping on 10 December 1973. Honors and awards Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with six battle stars for World War II service References Citations Bibliography 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 Gato-class submarines World War II submarines of the United States Cold War submarines of the United States Ships built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin 1943 ships Maritime incidents in August 1943 Maritime incidents in May 1944 Friendly fire incidents of World War II