Museum Ship
Becuna was decommissioned on 7 November 1969, and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. She reverted to SS-319 in 1971. She was struck from the Naval Register on 15 August 1973.
Becuna was placed on permanent display adjacent to the cruiser USS Olympia (C-6) at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 21 June 1976. Since 1996 both vessels have been operated by the Independence Seaport Museum.
She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. In 2001, Becuna received the Historical Welded Structure Award of the American Welding Society.
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