"Pogy" departed for Pearl Harbor 17 September. On 26 October "Pogy" returned to Pearl Harbor. On 25 August 1996, "Pogy" deployed in support of SCICEX-96 experiments. On 13 December "Pogy" sank 3,821-ton transport "Fukkai Maru" leaving Palau loaded with troops. "Pogy" put to sea on 22 April 1975 for local operations. Before being promoted to flag rank in 1991, Clemins commanded the USS Pogy (SSN-647). On 6 October "Pogy" fired and missed with 4 torpedoes at "Nichiei Maru". Seven days underway, from Philadelphia to Pascagoula the tow line broke and Pogy was adrift. On 27 December "Pogy" sailed on her eighth patrol in the Bonin and Volcano Islands. "Pogy" departed Pearl Harbor 9 September for her third war patrol, in the Palau area. The night of 28 April, "Pogy" sighted and sank a Japanese submarine, "I-183". "Pogy" was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 June 1999. After fitting out, trial runs, and training, "Pogy" arrived Pearl Harbor 5 April 1943.