Contents  -  Navy Super Tankers

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Preface........................................................................................................	i - iii
Birth of 6 Super Tankers...............................................................................	1 - 2
Training Crew, before duty on board ship.......................................................	3 - 7
Training Crew, during duty on board ship........................................................	8 - 9
Hazardous Duties.........................................................................................	10 -12
Jumboization; MSC and MARD...............................................................	................ 13 - 14
..........AO-51 USS Ashtabula, Sunk as a target.....................................................	15 - 16
..........AO-98 USS Caloosahatchee, Towed to Teeside England for scrapping.................	17 - 18
..........AO-99 USS Canisteo, Towed to Teeside England for scrapping...........................	10 - 20
..........AO-105 USS Mispillion, Moored in Suisun Bay.............................................	21 - 22
..........AO-106 USS Navasota, Scrapped in June 1998............................................	23 - 25
..........AO-107 USS Passumpsic, Scrapped in Pakistan...........................................	26
..........AO-108 USS Pawcatuck, Moored in James River..........................................	27 - 28
..........AO-109 USS Waccamaw, Moored in James River.........................................	29 - 31
Neosho Class Fleet Oilers - Commanders...............................................	32 - 34
AO-143 USS Neosho, Moored in James River.......................................................	35 - 40
AO-144 USS Mississinewa, Moored in James River..............................................	41 - 46
AO-145 USS Hassayampa, Moored in Suisun Bay................................................	47 - 58
AO-146 USS Kawishiwi Commissioning, Moored in Suisun Bay............................	59 - 67
.............1956 - 1957, The first two years.........................................................	68 - 73
.............1954 - 1967, A written history............................................................	74
.............De-Commissioning............................................................................	75
.............Awards............................................................................................	76 - 77
.............Along Side - Ships.............................................................................	78 - 83
.............Cruise Books....................................................................................	84 - 87
.............Letter to Crew Families.....................................................................	88 - 90
.............Messages Received from UNREF customers.....................................	91 - 92
.............Reunions...........................................................................................	93
.............Souvenir Plaque.................................................................................	94
AO-147 USS Truckee, Moored in James River......................................................	95 - 103
AO-148 USS Ponchatoula, Moored in Suisun Bay.................................................	104 - 109
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Details of Super Tankers
.............BOW Area of Kawishiwi, w/plans.....................................................	110 - 118
.............OPS and EX Area, w/plans...............................................................	119 - 131
.............GUN MOUNTS...............................................................................	132 - 134
.............UNREP Central Area, w/plans.........................................................	135 - 147
.............STERN Area, w/ plans.....................................................................	148 - 167
.............STRUCTURE Comparison of Six Tankers.........................................	168 - 170
.............FLAGS and Pennants........................................................................	171 - 172
.............Crew DIVISION Descriptions...........................................................	173 - 174
.............PLAN OF THE DAY, (5).................................................................	175 - 180
Ports of Call Memories..........................count (93)......................................
.............Atlantic............................... ......................6........................................	181 - 185
.............East Coast................................................11........................................	186 - 193
.............Caribbean.......................... .......................5........................................	194 - 197
.............North Sea..................................................7........................................	198 - 203
.............Mediterranean..........................................20........................................	204 - 217
.............North Pacific............................................11........................................	218 - 233
.............South Pacific.............................................6........................................	234 - 241
.............Sea of Japan..............................................4........................................	242 - 250
.............Philippine Sea............................................3........................................	251 - 256
.............Hong Kong - Taiwan.................................4........................................	257 - 265
.............Malaysia - Thailand...................................3.......................................	266 - 270
.............VIETNAM...............................................3.......................................	271 - 276
.............Philippine Republic....................................3.......................................	277 - 287
.............Indian Ocean............................................7.......................................	288 - 292
HISTORY and STORIES
.............Yom Kipper War..............................................................................	293
.............Operation FREQUENT WIND, USS Hancock.......................................	294 - 297
.............Kawishiwi Memories - Jim Barton........................................................	298
.............Kawishiwi Memories - Lary Harris.......................................................	299
.............Three Red Kings, Jon M. Bernard...........................................................	300
.............Good Navy Chow - SOS, Ron Phillips..................................................	301
.............Zig Zag Refueling, Ronald Gust............................................................	302
.............Things That Go Bump In The Night, Tom Sparkman............................	303 - 305
.............Running The Mine Field, Tom Sparkman..............................................	306 - 310
.............Swim Call, Tom Sparkman....................................................................	311 - 313
.............The Stuffing Tube, Tom Sparkman........................................................	314 - 316
.............The Stuffing Tube, Jon M. Bernard.......................................................	317
.............The One-Eighty, Tom Sparkman...........................................................	318 - 321
.............The Fix, Tom Sparkman........................................................................	322 - 326
.............Fleet Oiler Design, Thomas Wildenberg.................................................	327 - 329
.............Kawishiwi Oil Tanks, Jim Barton.......................................................	330 - 331
Acknowledgements and Index	332 - 334

Revised May 10, 2004

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