Deactivation, Decommissioning, and Disposal
Deactivated while still in commission, Will Rogers entered the U.S Navy's Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington on 2 November 1992. She was formally both decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 April 1993. Scrapping via the recycling program was completed on 12 August 1994.
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