In May 1967, Sablefish again headed east across the Atlantic, but this time, instead of transiting the Straits of Gibraltar for service with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, she visited ports in the British Isles and along the Atlantic coast of Europe in France, West Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. On her homeward voyage, she also stopped at Iceland. Sablefish began her last Mediterranean deployment in the fall of 1968 and returned to New London on 1 February 1969. On 30 June 1969, while operating from New London, she was reclassified as an "auxiliary submarine" and accordingly redesignated AGSS-303. Decommissioning and disposal Sablefish was decommissioned at New London on 1 November 1969 and struck from the Navy list the same day. She was subsequently stripped, then sold for scrap on 29 July 1971. Awards American Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal with star References External links Balao-class submarines Cold War submarines of the United States Ships built by William Cramp & Sons 1944 ships