Subsequently, the Cusk was redesignated AGSS-348 and she set sail for the last time in September 1969 for Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco. Cusk was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 24 September 1969; she was sold for scrap, 26 June 1972. Awards World War II Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal with star References Further reading External links USS Cusk website Balao-class submarines Cold War submarines of the United States Ships built in Groton, Connecticut 1945 ships