Kawishiwi (AO 146) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS KAWISHIWI QAO-1465 is fourth ofagroup of six sister ships of the NEOSHO class commonly known as super oilers. KAWISHIWI is One Of three Of this class of fleet oilers which serve in the U. S. Pacific Fleet. All navy Oilers are named for United States rivers that bear American lndlan names. KAWISHIWI is named afterthe river of thatname which is located in the .extreme Northeastern portion of the state of Minnesota. The KAWISHIWI River was given its name by the Ojibway Indians, and when translated means River full of beavers' houses. KAWISHIWI was built by the New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey. She was commissioned in the U. S. Navy on 6 July 1955. KAWISHIWI has an overall length of 656 feet, a beam of 83 feet, and a liquid cargo capacity in excess of seven million gallons. KAWISHIWI, a unit of the Service Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Service Squad- ron Five, is designed for high speed replenishment at sea of the fuel needs of today's far flung fleets. Naval ships are required to stay at sea for longer periods of time than other ships. The mobility and freedom of movement of these ships depends on many factors, but more often than not they are in- fluenced by the ability to refuel and replenish supplies at sea. Refueling other ships at sea is the major purpose of fleet oilers. The highly specialized evolution of underway replenishment can be carried out during the daylight hours or under cover of night. The process is not limited to the transfer of petroleum products. lt can and does provide the capability of transfering dry cargo, mail, passengers and provisions, all while steaming along side by side. KAWISHIWI is home ported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During this latest cruise, her fifteenth, the KAWISHIWI delivered 44 million gallons of fuel to 196 ships. In addition to her normal petroleum products, the KAWISHIWI delivered over 250,000 pounds of fleet freight and mail, plus 200 passengers for ships in Vietnamese waters.

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5.1 .f.,,. ,4- 59 , par 5:3 V H - 9 4- ' Qu? H' A ,. at eff e aa A - V ,-. . gf:-,ga ,, M A. M, V, , '42, 411:'I.f'v' -M, f lg fi' A 'A '-X I V-' 42 2. 1 USS l captain donald m. wyand, usn commanding officer commander donald warthen, usn 1 executive officer 3 ship commissioned: july 1955 i homeport pearl harbor, hawaii ' i 9 WISHIWI Ao-146 this book reviews the seven months the uss kawishiwi spent off southeastern asia during the 1970-1971 cruiseg a collection of photo- graphs that relate to the men of that cruise under captain donald m. wyand, united states navy. ,