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USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO-146)
History
USNS KawishiwiUnited States
NameUSNS Kawishiwi
NamesakeKawishiwi River in Minnesota
Awarded28 January 1952
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down5 October 1953
Launched11 December 1954
Sponsored byMrs. Edmund T. Wooldridge
Commissioned6 July 1955
DecommissionedSeptember 1992
ReclassifiedT-AO-143, 1978
Stricken16 February 1994
IdentificationIMO number: 7737078
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeNeosho-class oiler
Displacement
  • 11,600 long tons (11,786 t) light
  • 38,000 long tons (38,610 t) full
Length655 ft (200 m)
Beam86 ft (26 m)
Draft35 ft (11 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 geared turbines
  • 2 boilers
  • 2 shafts
  • 28,000 shp (20.9 MW)
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Capacity180,000 bbl (29,000 m3)
Complement
  • USS : 324
  • USNS : 106 Civilian mariners, 21 Navy
Armament
  • 2 × single 5"/38 caliber dual purpose guns
  • 6 × twin 3"/50 caliber dual purpose guns

Kawishiwi (AO-146) was a Neosho-class replenishment oiler of the United States Navy, in service between 1955 and 1992.

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