new duties as a Group I Naval Reserve Training Ship operating out of Tacoma, Washington. For the next three years, she conducted reserve training cruises out of that port and participated in fleet exercises. During Exercise "Head Beagle" in August 1970, she conducted intensive training in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and off the coast of Washington in conjunction with Canadian naval forces. Decommissioning The oldest commissioned destroyer in the Navy, she was found unfit for service on 24 November 1971; and, on 15 July 1972, Uhlmann, the U.S. Navy's last Fletcher-class destroyer, was decommissioned at the Naval Reserve Center Pier, Tacoma. Her name was struck from the Navy List the same day, and she was transferred to the custody of the Inactive Ship Facility, Bremerton, for disposal. She was scrapped in 1974. Awards Combat Action Ribbon with two stars Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with seven battle stars World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Medal with "ASIA" clasp National Defense Service Medal with star Korean Service Medal with two battle stars Vietnam Service Medal with five battle stars Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Korean Presidential Unit Citation Philippine Liberation Medal with two stars United Nations Korea Medal Korean War Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal References External links NavSource.org - USS Uhlmann (DD-687) World War II destroyers of the United States Cold War destroyers of the United States Korean War destroyers of the United States Vietnam War destroyers of the United States Ships built in Staten Island 1943 ships Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy