| This was a Ports
of
Call in Long Beach, California for the USS Kawishiwi AO-146 |
CLOSED
IN 1997 HISTORY |
A WESTPAC
Replenishment Ship |
Two Oilers in forground appear to be Sacramento Class, build in the 60's
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Kawishiwi arrived at home port Long Beach 8 December for shakedown training. Upon completion of the training, she departed Long Beach 25 April 1956 to replenish ships of the 7th Fleet. On leaving for Pearl Harbor for the first time, the ship came upon a man and woman in a boat. They were adrift and lost at sea. Having them picked up they continued to Pearl Harbor. Richard Inman remembers picking up a married man and woman in a stranded boat, but after a trip up the coast and on the way back to Long Beach. It turned out one was from Van Nuys. Kawishiwi remained in the Far East on refueling operations until returning to Long Beach 10 October. |
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On
returning to San Pedro Harbor
from the Far East, Kawishiwi was making ready to receive needed
repairs when she encountered a tug with her screws. She is probably the
only oiler in
history to sink another boat.
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and Photos
This photo
was taken 40 years
before photo of base shown at top of page. Probably to left of piers. |
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| The 2008 Long Beach image below depicts that nearly the whole area is now used for container handling. Perhaps the only open space for mooring a Navy Support Museum is to the left of cruise terminal by the Queen Elizabeth. | |
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