Kawishiwi (AO 146) - Naval Cruise Book

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ct(}reie rcL From the Columbia Encyclopedia : SHIP : large craft in which persons and goods may be conveyed on water. Well, okay we ' ll buy that for a starter. But there ' s certainly much more to the story. Things like spit shines and mess lines, or the brighter side a birthday cake for each man on his once-a-year day. Or our frantic schedule; we learned the hard way that the only thing we could plan on was that we couldn ' t make any plans. But the pleasant memories will last the longest. Up all hands at 0200 will be soon forgotten, while Bingo in the after dining salon will always bring a pleasant chuckle. A ship is really nothing more than a lot of steel riveted, bolted and welded together in accordance with some mysterious-looking blue prints. That is, until you come aboard KAWISHIWI and until the date on the bulkhead calendar is 6 FEB then the picture becomes a lot more personal, and the simple word SHIP comes to mean work duty home friendship laughter adventure. It means heartaches and horseplay, and, especially, it means service to our country and to our way of life. For the old hands it ' s an intriguing tale always worth re-telling, for the boots, it means a whole new world looming over the horizon. We call this book esl Pac, 1961

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USS KAWISHIWI AO-146 CAPTAIN H.A. SEYMOUR USN CommunatriQ C ' lftce COMMANDER BRAND W. DREW USN Executive Olficc ' i Ship Commissioned July 1955 iBeali J albol, jH ' aioaii

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u Command of a ship of the Navy is a responsibility of one officer. For this responsibility to be met the integration of the various departments of the ship into a team must be achieved,- the officer exercising command must attempt to combine the efforts and contributions of the team ' s components with his own background and experience in such a way as to produce sound, timely, and effective results. At the same time, the officer in com- mand must be ever mindful of the health, welfare, morale and training of every member of the ship ' s company. The ultimate measure of success of command is the ability of the ship to perform any task she may be called upon to do. Such success, while the responsibility of one man, can be obtained only through the understanding, cooperation and hard work of all hands. The people of KAWISHIWI have demonstrated this in making their ship the fine, top performer she is, and in this book is the story of the men who did the job. To all of you, I extend a sincere well done and my deep appreciation for a pleasant and profitable deploy- ment with the SEVENTH Fleet. J.£