Fleet Timeline
To 01 OCT 1979
Following our return to San Diego spring of 1979, we had a period of rest and relaxation for the crew and a number of crew and officers who were replaced with new faces so the cycle of training and requalification started anew. Our next significant event was a shipyard overhaul that was to start in October 1979 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington.
Following the R&R period we conducted some local operations, but the major focus was testing and other preparations to enter the shipyard including moving the entire crew and families to Bremerton Washington. Our transition was successful and on 4 October 1979, I started my fourth tour in the shipyard, this time as a commanding officer.