| On the fourteenth of July 1962, the USS BUSHNELL
will depart Key West for the U.S. Naval Shipyard in Charleston, South
Carolina to be away from her home port for a six month period. The
BUSHNELL will undergo a major overhaul which is known officially as a FRAM
MARK II. BUSHNELL will receive various installations that will provide
support for nuclear submarines. Two main propulsion generators will be
changed to provide electrical service to nuclear power submarines. In
place of the after five inch mounts a new deck house will be built on the
02 deck level which will provide for a ships library and crews lounge, a
Technical Library, a photolab, and space for electronic spare parts. New
washing machines will be installed and improve dry cleaning facilities
will be available to the crew with the modernization of the Ship Services
spaces. The installation of a new 160 line switch board will improve
present facilities greatly. The most important factor of this FRAM period
is that BUSHNELL will become capable of servicing nuclear power submarines
more adequately and this twenty year old ship will become one of the most
modern submarine tenders in the fleet.
January 1963: Our newly overhauled ship has
completed a five month FRAM period in the U.S. Naval Shipyard in
Charleston, S.C. and is now back for duties in our homeport of Key West,
Florida.
The above scenes taken while
undergoing the many extensive changes during our repair and modernization
give graphic evidence of the exterior appearances during that busy time of
the ship's yard period.
The removal of the
ship,s after guns and replacement by the extended deck spaces for repair
shops and a new library have added greatly to the needed working area. The
ship is now capable of servicing the Navy's most modern nuclear
submarines. |
