USS KAWISHIWI AO-146
Naval Supply Center
Oakland, California
!0 October 1979
| PROGRAM ARRIVAL OF OFFICIAL PARTY NATIONAL ANTHEM INVOCATION REMARKS Rear Admiral J.H.Morris Debuty Commander Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet REMARKS AND READING OF ORDERS Captain Jack C. Presley, USN DECOMMISSIONING AND PRESENTATIONS REMARKS Captain Charles S. Christensen, Jr. USN Commander Military Sealift Command Pacific DEPARTURE OF OFFICIAL PARTY |
USS KAWISHIWI (AO-146)
Built by New York Shipbuilding Co. Cambern, New Jersey Keel.laid
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5.October.1953 Launched
.............................................................................11.December.1954 Commissioned
.................................................................................6.July.1955 Sponsor
.........................................................................Mrs..E..T..Woolridge
Length
.......................................................................................................655.ft. Beam
............................................................................................................86.ft. Maximum.Draft
....................................................................................36ft..4in.
Maximum.Displacement
..................................................................40,177.tons
Horsepower
...................................................................................28,000.ahead
Horsepower
..................................................................................6,200.astern
Propeller ...............................................................Twin.4-blade.18.ft..diameter
Speed
.....................................................................................................21.knots Cargo.capacity
............................................................................8,302,600.gals ....
ORIGIN
OF THE NAME KAWISHIWI
...Oilers of
the U.S.Navy are named after rivers. Kawishiwi, the river for which
this ship is named, is in the upper northeast corner of the state of
Minnesota.
...The river
was given its name by the Ojibway Indians and is translated into
English as "River full of beavers' houses."
...The river itself rises in a cluster of lakes in Lake County and flows west through several small lakes and then forms two branches which join near White Iron Lake and flows north through Fall Lake to a chain of lakes on the Ontario line. The total length of the river is approximately 60 miles. |
