| Kawishiwi was decommissioned
in Oakland, California on 10 October 1979. Captain Jack
C.
Presley was the Commanding Officer. The remarks were given by
Rear
Admiral J. H. Morris who was Deputy Commander of Naval Surface
Forces,
Pacific Fleet.
The ship was turned over to the Military Sealift Command (tankers) and Captain Charles S. Christensen, Jr. was the Commander of Military Sealift Command Pacific who took charge of the Ship. During the process of decommissioning Kawishiwi, the Military sealift command had there people go with our people of the ship to learn and to assume the duties so that the process of turning the ship over went smoother. She was not stricken
until 7
November 1994
where she lies in
Suisun Bay Reserve
Fleet,
Benecia, CA and is being used for parts as needed or scraped. Sight
Seers
are allowed on their own boat to within 200 yards. "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan" "I have wondered
at times
about
what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run
them through the U. S. Congress." - Ronald Reagan
USS ELLIOT DD967 participated
in a
major
exercise,
COMPTUEX 83-1 in late February 1983. The task group was commanded by
Captain
Donald D. Clark, Commander, Destroyer Squadron TWENTY FIVE embarked in USS COCHRANE. Other
participants were USS BADGER, USS
CALLAGHAN, USS
MEYERKORD,
USS JOHN A. MOORE, USNS KAWISHIWI and verious assets from VP,
HS, HSL
squadrons.
During this exercise ELLIOT participated in anti-submarine,
anti-surface
and anti-air warfare exercises and completed an additional step in
becoming
a fully trained warship ready for deployment. Vern was aboard Elloit
in Subic Bay, 1983. Where a name has a link tied to it, you will find more information, YOUR REUNION CONTACT THIS YEAR IS: 
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