Homeported in Charleston until she refueled in 1990-1992. She actually refueled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
George Mitchell was the Head Monkey in the Senate back then; the yard was actullay in Kittery Maine, so Mitchell's constituents got the work and the money.
It was a cruel blow to South Carolina and to Charleston in particular.
No one took care of their constituents like Lucius Mendel Rivers, who was head of the House Armed Services committe from before the Mayflower landed on Plynouth Rock until his death in 1970.....
Best breakfast on the planet was in Charleston.
You can keep them goober peas though ;)