Saluda was recommissioned on 20 May 1946 for further service
as an experimental test vessel. She engaged in hydrographic work with the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts until September and
then returned to New London for duty at the Sound Laboratory through December.
Again decommissioned and placed in service on 7 January 1947, Saluda remained
at New London under district control until transferred to the 11th Naval
District on 8 January 1948. On 26 May, she entered the Thames Shipyard for
overhaul preparatory to sailing for the west coast.
Saluda departed from New London on 16 June and arrived at San Diego, Calif., in July to begin a long career of service with the Naval Electronics Laboratory. Operating as a silent platform, she is used in tests on experimental SONAR equipment and techniques developed for undersea warfare. On 29 June 1968, she was reclassified YAG-87. Saluda continues this service for the Navy into 1974.
Saluda departed from New London on 16 June and arrived at San Diego, Calif., in July to begin a long career of service with the Naval Electronics Laboratory. Operating as a silent platform, she is used in tests on experimental SONAR equipment and techniques developed for undersea warfare. On 29 June 1968, she was reclassified YAG-87. Saluda continues this service for the Navy into 1974.