Kahi – Same Vessel, Different Name
Kahi at Pier 35, Honolulu Harbor. 15 March 2020.
Kahi was originally named Clean Islands and was operated as an oil spill response vessel (OSRV) by the Clean Islands Council (CIC). After the CIC ceased operations, the vessel was put up for sale in 2018. Her new owner renamed her SOS Minnow, which elicited a few chuckles at the time.*
Kahi is currently owned by Cates Marine Services, a marine salvage and services company.
OSRV Clean Islands. 15 November 2014.
SOS Minnow at Pier 19, Honolulu Harbor. 8 November 2018.
*SS Minnow was the name of the charter boat which ran aground on an uncharted desert island during a storm, setting the scene for the 1960s sitcom, Gilligan’s Island.
