ALONG SIDE is a list of ships refueled by USS Kawishiwi AO-146 This list was compiled from Cruise Books available, dated 1957, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973; * = number of times CARRIERS USS Yorktown USS Intrepid USS Hornet USS Ticonderoga USS Lexington USS Wasp USS Hancock USS Bon Homme Richard USS Kearsarge USS Oriskany USS Shangri La USS Midway USS Coral Sea USS Wichita USS Ranger USS Kitty Hawk USS Constellation USS Enterprise

. (CVS-10) (CVS-11) (CVS-12) (CVA-14) (CVA-16) (CVA-18) (CVA-19) (CVA-31) (CVA-33) (CVA-34) (CVA-38) (CVA-41) (CVA-43) (CVA-45) (CVA-61) (CVA-63) (CVA-64) (CVA-65)

* 1 12 4 5 1 1 30 6 1 8 2 2 5 3 17 16 17 9

Patrol Craft Gunboat USS Ponchatrain USS Tacoma USS Marathon USS Gallup USCGC Sherman

(PG-16) (PG-32) (PG-89) (PGM-85) WHEC-720

1 1 1 1 1

CRUISERS USS Boston USS Canberra USS Oklahoma City USS Providence USS Topeka USS Chicago USS Saint Paul USS Newport News

. (CAG-1) (CAG-2) (CLG-5) (CLG-6) (CLG-8) (CG-11) (CA-73) (CA-148)

* 5 3 5 2 3 8 5 1

AMPHIBIOUS USS Montrose USS Navarro USS Pickaway USS Weiss USS Carronade USS Okinawa USS Princeton USS Valley Forge USS Tripolie USS Oak Hill USS Alamo USS Monticello USS Tom Green County USS White River

(APA-212) (APA-215) (LPA-222) (APD-135) (IFS-1) (LPH-3) (LPH-5) (LPH-8) (LPH-10) (LSD-7) (LSD-33) (LSD-35) (LST-1159) (LSMR-536)

1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1

USS WASP CVA-18 in 1957

Many customers have had the unwanted supply of NSFO (Navy Special Fuel Oil or black oil), pumped to the wrong place. In 1971, sailing the Tonkin Gulf , the Pennant of ComSeventhFleet was being flown on the cruiser USS Oklahoma City and Kawishiwi filled her bridge at 3000 gpm with NSFO. An oil line had broken because cleaning rags were left in the hose. The UNREP was suppose to be a sharp show of workmanship.

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Auxiliaries USS Firedrake USS Diamond Head USS Pryo USS Haleakala USS Kilauea USS Mount Hood USS Virgo USS Graffias USS Pictor USS Aludra USS Regulus USS Vega USS Bellatrix USS Mars USS White Plaines USS Annapolis USS Maury USS Castor USS Pollux USS Repose USS Sanctuary USS Knox USS Krishna

. (AE-14) (AE-19) (AE-24) (AE-25) (AE-26) (AE-29) (AE-30) (AF-29) (AF-54) (AF-55) (AF-57) (AF-59) (AF-62) (AFS-1) (AFS-4) (AGMR-1) (AGS-16) (AKS-1) (AKS-4) (AH-16) (AH-17) (APA-46) (ARL-38)

* 1 5 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 5 1 3 1 4 1 4 3 2 1 4 1

OILERS USS Cimarron USS Platte USS Chemung USS Guadalupe USS Mattaponi USS Tappannock USS Neches USS Ashtabula USS Caliente USS Manatee USNS Taluga USS Chipola USS Misspillion USS Navasota USS Sacramento USS Camden USS Kansas City Several of these Oilers lay in Reserve with Kawishiwi in Suisun Bay

Photo of Kawishiwi taken from carrier Ranger, a regular visitor.......

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. (AO-22) (AO-24) (AO-30) (AO-32) (AO-41) (AO-43) (AO-47) (AO-51) (AO-53) (AO-58) (AO-62) (AO-63) (AO-105) (AO-106) (AOE-1) (AOE-2) (AOR-3)

* 2 2 4 7 1 1 1 2 1 6 3 7 1 1 2 8 2

Guided Missile Destroyer Leaders USS Coontz USS King USS Mahan USS Dalhgren USS Pratt USS Preble USS Worden USS Dale USS Gridley USS England USS Halsey USS Reeves USS Wainwright USS Jouett USS Fox USS Bainbridge

(DLG-9) (DLG-10) (DLG-11) (DLG-12) (DLG-13) (DLG-15) (DLG-18) (DLG-19) (DLG-21) (DLG-22) (DLG-23) (DLG-24) (DLG-28) (DLG-29) (DLG-33) (DLGN-25)

6 2 3 4 4 6 12 2 4 16 1 5 6 4 4 3

Radar Picket Destroyer USS Rush USS Frank Knox USS Southerland USS Duncan USS Ernest G. Small

(DDR-714) (DDR-742) (DDR-743) (DDR-824) (DDR-838)

* 1 2 1 2 5

*

Guided Missile Destroyers USS Barney USS Lynde McCormick USS Robison USS Hoel USS Berkeley USS Buchanan USS Joseph Strauss USS Goldsborough USS Cochrane USS Benjamin Stoddert USS Waddell USS Parsons USS Sommers HMAS Perth HMAS Hobart USS Mahan USS Chandler

* (DDG-6) (DDG-8) (DDG-12) (DDG-13) (DDG-15) (DDG-14) (DDG-16) (DDG-20) (DDG-21) (DDG-22) (DDG-24) (DDG-33) (DDG-34) (DDG-38) (DDG-39) (DDG-42) (DDG-996)

2 14 9 2 7 4 10 9 1 18 3 1 6 4 7 1 3

Coastal Minesweepers USS Peacock USS Warbler USS Whippoorwill USS Widgeon USS Woodpecker USS Albatross

(MSC-198) (MSC-206) (MSC-207) (MSC-208) (MSC-209) (MSC-289)

* 1 2 1 1 2 1

Kitty Hawk along side in 1966. Notice Kawishiwi had one set of outriggers here. Kitty Hawk was still serving at the time if this writing, Vern’s grand-nephew was aboard at that time.

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Ocean Minesweepers USS Conflict USS Dynamic USS Engage USS Embattle USS Endurance USS Esteem USS Firm USS Force USS Fortify USS Impervious USS Implicit USS Loyalty USS Prime USS Reaper USS Conquest USS Gallant USS Persistant USS Pledge

(MSO-426) (MSO-432) (MSO-433) (MSO-434) (MSO-435) (MSO-438) (MSO-444) (MSO-445) (MSO-446) (MSO-449) (MSO-455) (MSO-457) (MSO-466) (MSO-467) (MSO-488) (MSO-489) (MSO-491) (MSO-492)

USS Ernest G. Small, DDR-838 listed on previous page, lost her bow as she struck a mine off North Korea on 7 October 1951, but she could maneuver in reverse

* 7 2 6 1 8 2 1 2 1 3 5 2 1 1 4 2 5 3

Radar Picket Escort Vessels USS Falgout USS Lowe USS Brister USS Finch USS Kretchmer USS Koiner USS Forster USS Vance USS Hissem

(DER-324) (DER-325) (DER-327) (DER-328) (DER-329) (DER-331) (DER-334) (DER-387) (DER-400)

* 3 3 4 7 5 6 4 7 2

Escort Vessel USS Evans USS Bridget USS Hooper USS Claud Jones USS Mc Morris USS Bronstein USS Davidson USS Sample USS Roark USS Gray USS Whipple USS Shields USS Bagley USS Ouellet

(DE-1023) (DE-1024) (DE-1026) (DE-1033) (DE-1036) (DE-1037) (DE-1045) (DE-1048) (DE-1053) (DE-1054) (DE-1062) (DE-1066) (DE-1069) (DE-1077)

5 3 3 1 2 4 9 5 2 6 3 3 4 3

USS Gray DE-1054 was hosed with black oil three times, but still wouldn' t come in close.

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USS Anderson USS Ranford USS Jenkins USS O'Bannon USS Taylor USS Bache USS Philip USS Renshaw USS Eaton USS Walker USS Boyd USS Sproston USS Black USS Porterfield USS Wedderburn USS Picking USS Allen M Sumner USS Ingraham USS Ault USS Wallace L Lind USS Theo.E.Chandler USS Hamner USS Epperson USS DeHaven USS Mansfield USS Lyman K.Swenson USS Collett USS Frank Knox USS Blue USS Brush USS Taussig USS Samuel L.Moore USS Hubbard USS John A.Bole USS Lofberg USS John W.Thomason USS Buck USS Lloyd Thomas USS Keppler USS JC Owens USS Massey USS Rowan USS Gerke USS Henderson USS Rich.B.Anderson USS James E.Kyes

(DD-411) (DD-446) (DD-447) (DD-450) (DD-468) (DD-470) (DD-498) (DD-499) (DD-516) (DD-517) (DD-544) (DD-577) (DD-666) (DD-682) (DD-684) (DD-685) (DD-692) (DD-694) (DD-698) (DD-703) (DD-717) (DD-718) (DD-719) (DD-727) (DD-728) (DD-729) (DD-730) (DD-742) (DD-744) (DD-745) (DD-746) (DD-747) (DD-748) (DD-755) (DD-759) (DD-760) (DD-761) (DD-764) (DD-765) (DD-776) (DD-778) (DD-782) (DD-783) (DD-785) (DD-786) (DD-787)

Destroyers 3 USS Eversole 1 USS Hollister 9 USS Shelton 5 USS Preston 5 USS Chevalier 1 USS Higbee 1 USS Benner 1 USS New 1 USS Sam.B.Roberts 3 USS Basilone 1 USS Carpenter 12 USS Agerholm 1 USS Robert A Owens 12 USS Everett F.Larson 8 USS Geo.K. MacKenzie 1 USS Fiske 4 USS Baussell 2 USS Ozbourn 1 USS Richard E. Kraus 4 USS Rupertus 10 USS Leonard F.Mason 5 USS McCafferey 4 USS Harold J.Ellison 7 USS Ware 5 USS Arnold J. Isbell 12 USS Flechter 7 USS Damato 5 USS Forest Royal 4 USS Hawkins 5 USS Henry W. Tucker 3 USS Rogers 12 USS Brinkley Bass 3 USS Perkins 3 USS Vesole 7 USS Leary 2 USS Dyess 5 USS John R Craig 9 USS Orleck 5 USS Stickell 4 USS Barry 9 USS Davis 10 USS Bigelow 5 USS Edson 1 USS Morton 7 USS Rich.S.Edwards 1 USS Turner Joy USS Obrien

(DD-789) (DD-788) (DD-790) (DD-795) (DD-805) (DD-806) (DD-807) (DD-818) (DD-823) (DD-824) (DD-825) (DD-826) (DD-827) (DD-830) (DD-836) (DD-842) (DD-845) (DD-846) (DD-849) (DD-851) (DD-852) (DD-860) (DD-864) (DD-865) (DD-869) (DD-870) (DD-871) (DD-872) (DD-873) (DD-875) (DD-876) (DD-887) (DD-877) (DD-878) (DD-879) (DD-880) (DD-885) (DD-886) (DD-888) (DD-933) (DD-937) (DD-942) (DD-946) (DD-948) (DD-950) (DD-951) (DD-975)

1 5 2 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 13 17 1 1 8 5 14 10 5 8 2 4 7 8 8 2 4 3 5 15 10 1 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 5 3 2 1 4 6 1 2

REMEMBER THE ALAMO The 184th ship alongside during the 1966 Cruise holds special memories for the men of the big "K". With the USS PRINCETON (LPH-5) already alongside to port, the USS ALAMO (LSD-33) commenced her approach to starboard. At first, nothing appeared out of the ordinary. The starboard highline and the after fueling station went over to the USS ALOMO. With the exception of the Avgas rig on Station 2, the USS PRINCETON was sending the rigs back.

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Slowly the USS ALAMO and the big "K'edged together and "Emergency Breakaway" was sounded. Station 2 was returned from the LPH, the starboard hi-line was cut, and the span wire tripped. Although our stern swung toward the LPH, the USS PRINCETON increased speed and was soon clear to port. The USS ALAMO brushed our starboard side and her increased speed cleared our starboard side. Quick action and correct breakaway procedures prevented any injuries and minimized damage. See damage photos below. The USS ALAMO was alongside again within 30 minutes for completion of replenishment.

Tim Barron took the pictures of our collision with the U.S.S. Monticello one day out of Pearl Harbor, we were returning from WestPac. Tim had the Mid-watch and was sleeping in "on the starboard side", when there was a sickening lurch and a very loud crushing sound. He flew out of his rack, and for some reason grabbed his camera. "When I got topside I couldn' t believe my eyes! We opened up that ship like a can of peas. You could see people peering through the huge gash on their port side."

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