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SSN 597 History

USS TULLIBEE (SSN 597) - Overhaul Ends
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME
28 NOV 1968
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by Brad Williamson
On 28 Oct 1965 Tullibee changed her home port, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and entered Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine to comence an overhaul, after nearly 5 years ot continuous commissloned service and 24,000 nautlcal miles "underway on nuelear powerrr" During her first overhaul , Tullibee was undergoing extensive work. Modifications pertaining to the Submarine Safety Program (SUBSAFE) were completed; the entire sonar system was renewed; and the ship'sflrst refueling was accomplished.
 
The overhaul was finally completed on 23 NOV 1968, 1121 days after it began.
Location Groton, CT

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