in the Caribbean area during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Piper commenced another Mediterranean deployment 8 October 1963. She transited the Suez Canal to Karachi, Pakistan to participate with the Navies of the CENTO nations in exercise Midlink VI and returned to the Mediterranean early in December for operations with the 6th Fleet before returning to New London 1 February 1964. During 1964, in conjunction with Atlantic Fleet exercises, Piper together with visited Portsmouth, England and Rotterdam, Netherlands. After an overhaul in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard during the first six months of 1965, Piper sailed for the first of two Caribbean deployments 15 October, returning from the second 10 April 1966. For the remainder of that year she operated out of Submarine School, New London. 1967 – 1970 On 22 March 1967, Pipers main storage battery had deteriorated to the extent that the ship was restricted to surface operations. At this time Piper had made 13,724 dives, a record for commissioned submarines. On 10 May Piper entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for deactivation. On 15 June Piper was reclassified as AGSS-409''' and the next day she was placed "out of commission, special", and replaced as the Detroit, Mich., Naval Reserve Training submarine.Piper was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1970. She was sold for scrapping in June 1971. Honors and awardsPiper'' received four battle stars for service in World War II. References External links USS Piper website Official History Balao-class submarines World War II submarines of the United States Cold War submarines of the United States Ships built in Kittery, Maine 1944 ships