providing services to antisubmarine warfare units conducting exercises. During the winter of 1960, she provided services to 92 surface ships and 14 air squadrons participating in annual training exercises in the Caribbean. In early 1961, she became the first American submarine to complete 11,000 dives. During the winter of 1962, she again returned to the Caribbean for an extended stay and, when not employed in servicing United States Atlantic Fleet air and surface antisubmarine warfare units, she tested and evaluated acoustic torpedoes. In the winter of 1963, she deployed to the Mediterranean Sea, where she operated with the United States Sixth Fleet, and, on her return to New London in late May 1963, she resumed school ship duties. Decommissioning and disposal In April 1964, Sarda was declared to be surplus to U.S.Navy needs. She spent May 1964 in port at New London preparing for inactivation, and on 1 June 1964 she was decommissioned. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day, and her hulk was sold for scrapping in March 1965. Commemoration Sarda′s name plate is on display at the Freedom Park in Omaha, Nebraska. References External links Photo gallery at navsource.org Tench-class submarines Cold War submarines of the United States Ships built in Kittery, Maine 1945 ships