 "Argonaute" was taken out of service and placed in reserve in 1982.In 1982, the Association of Friends of the Maritime Museum for the Atlantic () selected "Argonaute" to save from scrapping.The Minister of Defence, Charles Hernu, agreed to save the submarine in 1984 after it was to become part of a permanent exhibition devoted to history of submarines and the technologies used in their construction at "Cité des sciences et de l'industrie" in La Villette Park, Paris.