1 Jul 1960
- Submarine Puffer was struck from the US Naval Register. ww2dbase [Puffer | CPC]
- [date appx.] Staff Sergeant Ruben Rivers was buried at the American Cemetery at Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France. ww2dbase [Ruben Rivers | Sant-Avold, Lorraine | DS]
- USS Capitaine was reclassified an auxiliary research submarine and her hull number changed from SS-336 to AGSS-336. ww2dbase [Capitaine | CPC]
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