in 1965, she suffered a serious fire in some electrical generation equipment — and earned the nickname "the burning bush". there was only one minor injury in that incident, and it didn't affect operations for long. she returned to key west in 1967 to continue her service to the submarine fleet. in 1968, she celebrated her 25th year of service. she continued to supply services to subron 12 as well as support services to other ships in the caribbean and gulf coast regions. she made regular visits to new orleans, mobile, fort lauderdale and kingston, jamaica.