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Ens. JON BERNARD B&M Division Officer USS Kawishiwi - AO146 1970 - 1972 .. ............................................................................... E:mail ....jbernard@hawaii.rr.com It was a fine ship
crewed by many interesting folks from all walks of life & provided
me with many fond memories. My
state room was 01-53-1-L, view the SHIP
PLANS. It was a two officer room,
but for my second WestPac cruise, I didn't have a bunkmate; only an
occasional Marine officer on TAD transfer.
There is a photo
of the
"Special K" in Subic Bay taken in 1965,
from the submarine Archerfish
SS-AGSS-311. Jon is very proud to
say that this same submarine, in WWII was commanded by his father,
Lawrence G.
Bernard (USNA 1937) when
it entered Tokyo Bay for the surrender. Cmdr. Joe
Enright had just been relieved after the sub- marines
successful
BATTLES against the Japanese. Joe
Enright was
Archerfish's highly-decorated CO when they sank the carrier Shinano,
reputed to be the largest tonnage warship ever sunk.
John's father passed away in 1971 and is buried at Arlington
Cemetery. (*doc Code EM-1,
EM-2, EM-3, EM-4)
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 I am a graduate mechanical engineer of Washington DC. The VietNam draft called me into the Navy, and I was offered OCS. Afterwards, I returned to the construction industry in San Francisco where I eventually became part owner, technical guru, and a director of California' largest commercial air conditioning contractor. The building boom of the 80's & 90's was good to me, and so I took the chance to live a little while I still can. Last year, I worked on a project in Bothell right near Vern's house (Voice Stream Data Center), one of several tech projects I was involved with in the area. My brother Chris (USNA Class of 65 - during which he was assigned to the USS Scorpion downed in 1968. Chris cherishes his zippo lighter from Scorpion) Chris also had two tours in the Seattle area - one as CO of Ohio-class FBM sub Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730) and as CO of the Trident Refit Facility there in Bangor. During Desert Storm, a young man killed in action was returned to Seattle, and my brother offered to lead his funeral in full military honors, with himself as the bag-piper (he played with the Tacoma Scots, a skill he picked up during a tour at Holy Loch, Scotland). Made the news on TV one night there. He retired as Captain after 29 years, and resides now outside Vail CO. |
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Jon provided a couple of true "sea stories" (aren't they all supposed to be true?) that make up a few of my many fond remembrances of serving on the Kawishiwi. I hope you enjoy them. "Three Red Kings" and "The Oklahoma City". |
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| Read Jon's
memories
about space capsual recovery Training. |
Jon
created Cruise Book CARTOONS in one
sitting one evening after dinner. |
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Goto: 1971 Cruise Book |
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