the repair work needed following a Mediterranean cruise. She returned to Newport and resumed her normal operations. In both 1966 and 1967, Arcadia made cruises to Key West and Naval Station Mayport to provide services to Destroyer Division 601, Destroyer Squadron 16, and reserve training destroyers from various ports in the Gulf of Mexico. Arcadia was decommissioned on 28 June 1968, berthed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet contingent in the James River on 15 November, and formally transferred to the Maritime Administration on 30 June 1969. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1973, and she was sold to Levin Metals of San Jose, California on 1 August 1974 and scrapped in San Pedro, California. References The Gasoline Alley comic strip character T-Bone Towser, served on the USS Arcadia AD23. External links The National Association of Destroyer Veterans Klondike-class destroyer tenders Ships built in Los Angeles 1944 ships Tenders of the United States Navy Destroyer tenders of the United States James River Reserve Fleet