research. In 1996, Cavalla participated in the very first joint American-Japanese Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle deep submergence rescue vehicle operation. Decommissioning and disposal Cavalla'' was decommissioned on 30 March 1998 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, was completed on 17 November 2000. References External links NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive Cavalla (SSN-684) Ships built in Groton, Connecticut Sturgeon-class submarines Cold War submarines of the United States Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy 1972 ships