reverted to its original name, , on 1 October. By 1952, only the five-inch guns remained aboard. The number of crewmen berthed aboard Béarn fluctuated, but it averaged about 800 men, which taxed the ship's cooking and sanitation facilities. In 1955, she became the first ship in the to be fitted with a television receiver. The GASM was disbanded on 10 October 1960 and the ship was relegated to service as a barracks ship, although she retained her torpedo workshop. Her maintenance costs kept rising to the point that it was more cost efficient to build a barracks for the submarine crews in 1966. Béarn was condemned and renamed Q 419 on 31 March 1967. The ship was sold for scrap on 4 September and towed to Savona, Italy, four days later to be broken up. Over the course of her long career, Béarn never launched her aircraft in combat. Notes Citations References Further reading Normandie-class battleships Ships built in France 1920 ships Aircraft carriers of the French Navy World War II aircraft carriers of France