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That routine lasted into 1961. In February and March 1961, she participated in the annual fleet exercise Operation Springboard. She arrived in Cartagena, Spain, on 15 March and, for the following five months, offered logistics support for United States naval forces in the Mediterranean. That seven-month deployment adopted the pattern of previous ones, mixing port visits with logistics missions in assist of sixth Fleet combat models. She returned to Norfolk from that mission on 21 November and remained in port for the rest of the year. The oiler arrived in Norfolk on the 22d and remained there in a go away and upkeep standing till the middle of October. The admiral disembarked upon her arrival at Norfolk on 25 October. Aucilla left Norfolk on 27 November and arrived in Rota, Spain, on 8 December. 6th Fleet operations. On 30 May 1959, Aucilla headed again to the United States for a daily overhaul on the Boston Naval Shipyard.
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