support of 7th Fleet operations off Vietnam, as well as ASW exercises with SEATO allies. After returning to San Diego on 5 February 1965, she had ASW and amphibious training. Her next WestPac deployment, from 3 January to 17 July 1966, included amphibious and ASW training support for Republic of Korea, Nationalist Chinese, and Thai units, as well as operations with the 7th Fleet off Vietnam. Rasher spent the remainder of her commissioned career providing training services off the coast of California to UDT and ASW units. Decommissioning and disposal Rasher was decommissioned 27 May 1967, and later was reclassified "unclassified miscellaneous submarine" IXSS-269', was towed to Portland, Oregon, where she served as a training submarine for Naval reservists until struck from the Navy List, 20 December 1971. Honors and awards Presidential Unit Citation for outstanding performance in combat during World War II patrols 1, 3, 4, and 5. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with seven battle stars for World War II service Vietnam Service Medal with two service stars for Vietnam War service See also List of most successful American submarines in World War II 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. . Further reading Sasgen, Peter. 1995. Red Scorpion: The War Patrols of the USS Rasher.'' Pocket Star Books. (The author's father served on all eight of the Rasher's patrols during World War II) External links navsource.org: USS Rasher Gato-class submarines World War II submarines of the United States Cold War submarines of the United States Vietnam War submarines of the United States Ships built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin 1942 ships Maritime incidents in November 1943 Friendly fire incidents of World War II