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Kawishiwi was decommissioned on 10 October 1979, and placed in service with Military Sealift Command as USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO-146), continuing her service with a civilian crew. Additionally, a Military Detachment (MilDet) of approximately twenty sailors was aboard to handle communication and repair of electronic equipment.
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Literally "land of sorrow". "Swanky Franky" – USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. "Swayback Maru" – USS Salt Lake City. "Stressex" – USS Essex; humorous malapropism. "Steamin' Deuce" – USS Essex; humorous malapropism. "Slimey Lymie" – USS Lyman K. Swenson. "Saint Pauline" – USS Saint Paul; Humorous malapropism. "The Stain" – USS Stein.
The following is a list of United States Navy oilers (hull designations AO, AOE, AOL, AOR and AOT). It does not include gasoline tankers (AOG) or submarine oilers (AOSS). Oilers are considered to be auxiliaries by the US Navy, and this article's lists are thus a subset of this type of ship. All other auxiliaries can be found at List of ...
Oilers of the United States Navy. Tankers of the United States Navy. Auxiliary replenishment ship classes.
This section of the list of United States Navy ships contains all ships of the United States Navy with names beginning with I, J and K. . For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy.
Neosho -class oilers were built in the 1950s by two shipyards, Bethlehem's Fore River Shipyard and New York Shipbuilding Corporation. The lead ship, Neosho, entered service in 1954. Her sister ships were commissioned in the following years. In the mid-1970s, the Military Sealift Command took over the vessels, and they were redesignated from USS ...
USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", [1] was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy's first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which essentially terminated all new battleship and ...