sentences:  She filled the opening months of 1963 with radar picket duty out of Key West as Southern Tip Picket, and two tours as Sonar School Ship at Key West.In April, a period of tender availability was cut short for "Thomas J. Gary" when she was called upon to take part in the unproductive search for the submarine lost off the Atlantic coast.She resumed Southern Tip Picket duties in July, and she returned to Newport late in August.