after that change of homeport, "orion" continued to service subron 6 at norfolk and, during fleet exercises, in the caribbean sea. a fram ii overhaul and conversion to nuclear support, 6 september 1960 – 25 february 1961, was followed by refresher training off cuba. in june; her first nuclear submarine job came alongside in the form of . three years later she added foreign nuclear submarines to her long list of services performed after completing work on . support of subron 6, however, continued to be "orion’s" primary mission. into 1970 she serviced the conventional and nuclear-powered ships of that squadron from the destroyer/submarine piers at norfolk.