CROCKETT slipped from her berth for the final time on 1 June. She sailed through Lake Erie and proceeded to Buffalo, New York for a short port visit. She then proceeded to Cleveland and Lake Ontario. Following her arrival in Little Creek, Virginia she commenced an upkeep period to correct an engineering problem, a vibration experienced while in High Speed Mode. Following dock trials, CROCKETT once again had a fully functional engineering plant. As the engineers were refueling on 30 November, the message came that CROCKETT and her four sister ships were to be decommissioned. USS CROCKETT was decommissioned on 31 January, 1977. She was transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC on 14 march, 1977. USS CROCKETT, along with USS READY, USS MARATHON and USS ASHEVILLE have since been scrapped.

  The crew of CROCKETT has selected a design centered about two crossed long rifles superimposed over a ship’s wheel. The American long rifle of the early frontier period was famed as the most accurate

and deadly small arm of its time. The Patrol Gunboat is the smallest and pound-for-pound the deadliest man-of -war in the U.S. Navy. The ship’s wheel is emblematic of the fact that our nation’s greatest deterrent and offensive strength is its Naval Forces. The sky and sea in the back ground is significant in that the ship has the capability to engage the enemy in the air as well as on the sea. The motto "SHARPSHOOTERS" typifies the firepower and accuracy inherent in the Patrol Gunboat CROCKETT.