I remember the incedent well. I was the petty officer in charge of taking on fuel that day and we had just
finished and I was eating chow when the collision took
place.I was v4 div 1966-1970 send me a note ray

I was in charge of the black oil being taken on. What happened was the sea was so rough the after about 4 or 5 attempts to throw the giude line over to us they had to shoot it over. The tin can moved up to the AO and the sea shoved it into the oiler. The olier hit us and we had to break away. I don't remember if the AV fuel (JP-5) was done, but we weren't. If you all remember, we had to have another AO come back the next day and finish. Jerry Myers BT2 B Div Oilshack (65-68)