Kawishiwi (AO 146) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 15 text:

l' y . fi han e of Command The last final weeks prior to ll ship getting underway for the Western Pacific are filled with the ceremony, the hectic serziinbles, :ind the lust minute jobs so much Il part of pre-dep:u'ture prepara- tions. Captain C, S, 'l'unner, after serving more tlicmuyc-Cu' as the Ship's CO1'llI1111llClll1g Officzexgwas relieved on 26 November 1965 by Captain Al, J, Carpenter, ln addition to the families of the new and old Commanding Officers, and ship's eonipany, Commodore Walker, Co1nServRon Five was also present for the ceremonies, It was only three days later that USS KAXWSIIIWI under Captain Carpenter was bound forthe Seventh Fleet. M-nu' ln the tradition that has long been a part of the Navy, KAWlSHlWl's Ol level serves as the location for Change of Command Ceremonies. In full dress whites, Captain Carpenter, right, relieves Captain Tonner as skipper. gf i Yi' 3 rs' l t 1 au x W' Q F-C . 1. In ' X if . ,,,,- ,

Page 14 text:

G mini ll Just before IQAWISIIIWI left for the Far East, she parti- cipated in the GEMINI VH mission early in November as a recovery ship in the mid-Pacific area. With the destroyers USS COCIIRANE QDDG-213 and USS RENSIIAW QDD-sl99y, we formed the surface recovery group. This mission took about a week and during this period much time was devoted to training with the recovery gear. Several unreps were also accomplished which served to ready the ship for the upcoming West Pae Tour. The motor wholeboot team with ENS NEWMAN in charge is shown in oction. MURPHY, SN, is the bow-hook, LUTZ, Q Y' M W ak- Q FN, the engineer, ond BLOUNT, BM 3, the coxswain. ,ff-Q. 'N , ni 5 ' -it fix-.A 1 C,-f ix 5 ? iitiaw D 1 . . a P V , 5 1 , fr- 1 , ' I k A , ami 'lt 1 ,f '- 'I 4 '- v'- lf' , I.. so S as fgs-in-:sw , ..,.w M P3 ' i . 1.1. Above DR. HOLMES left is hown examining RE PPERT, HM 2 while MCCOMBS HMC records. Dr . HOLMES was ossigned To the ship forthe mission. BREMER SA left serves os o back-up hose mon for BAKER SN ' the asbestos suit. . 2 --f- ls n A ?'?,-L. Fr Q.-b-Ill' f l -r,2 Ns..l-' S, 'r l 3 r l I i i i i I 1 -.. 4,1 9 . l QUT? H -fix me wS l i

Page 16 text:

'H :- s 1, aff' '41 .gy Y ?2 b fiifz fi n, 1 N, ' ff- H+ Q W A: 7 'if Ralf nv , A .. .4 1 iw . 1 J E Q f -... I 131512 '. 'Af-'gg -Fil I 11 f , 'A W C 4--, - ,mr- F41 ,ag Ltig. John E. Buffington, the ship's Navigator, welcomes Commodore Walker to The Change of Command. 28 November l965 .. D Commodore Walker addresses those present at the ceremonies. I L- X ,,,,:.,f, , , .,, ,, ,f yyuqnnlllv nu-off' p-vngnullif' 1 , , f X Q S. Q r b ' F 13,gy1L,,, , A 1 I Q' ...r E -'QL W, sf L1 3 will ' W., , .til a was ll ' i 9, ,. 23 -an 'T im W - ' WM 4 A va ..4' . P .iw--. A. , , .4 , . 3 , n- 'e C es r , 1, - L ' L C unicafor Ens Sato Disbursing Officer, and Ens. Donovan, Lt. Sherman, Supply Officer, rig ax, omm , . , Second Division Officer, serve as escorts during the ceremonies.