USNS Kawishiwi (TAO-146) simultaneously refuels a pair of 63's, USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). It was the first ever meeting for the two warships. The Missouri and the Kitty Hawk were conducting operations off the southern Califor
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