Decommissioning and Disposal
Spadefish remained at Bremerton after her 1996 arrival, and was decommissioned there on 11 April 1997 under the command of Commander C. W. "Buddy" Puryear. She was 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 began on 1 October 1996 and was completed on 24 October 1997.
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