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After the War, by directive dated 1 July 1946, the USS Pilotfish was selected for disposal by use as a target in the 'Operation Crossroads' atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. Moored 363 yards (332 meters) from "surface zero," she was sunk by the Test Baker underwater atomic bomb explosion of 25 July 1946.
The explosion′s pressure waves compressed her hull and forced her hatches open, flooding her completely. She was decommissioned on 29 August 1946 and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 25 February 1947. She remains on the bottom of the lagoon at Bikini Atoll.