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AD-22 / AR-22 Klondike

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Klondike Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched, 12 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Klondike (AD-22), 30 July 1945, at San Pedro, CA., CDR. M. B. Hatch in command
  • Decommissioned, 30 November 1946
  • Recommissioned, 15 July 1959
  • Reclassified Repair Ship, (AR-22), 20 February 1960
  • During the Vietnam War Klondike (AR-22) participated in the following campaign:
    Vietnam War
    Campaign and Dates
    Tet\69 Counteroffensive
    31 March to 24 April 1969
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 September 1974
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold by MARAD, 8 May 1975, fate unknown
  • Klondike earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,165 t.(lt) 16,635 t.(fl)
    Length 465'
    Beam 69'
    Draft 27'
    Speed 19.4 kts.
    Complement 826
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 DP gun mount
    four 3"/50 DP gun mounts
    four 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbines, 8,500shp
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    Klondike 38k Klondike (AD-22) at anchor, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII web site
    Klondike 75k Klondike (AR-22), Subic Bay, PI, 25 June 1966 © Richard Leonhardt
    Klondike 99k Klondike (AR-22), with O'Bannon (DD-450) alongside, Subic Bay, PI, 25 June 1966 © Richard Leonhardt
    Klondike 54k Klondike (AR-22) departing San Diego, circa 1963. John Strohmaier
    Klondike 62k Klondike (AR-22), at Subic Bay, PI, with Stickell (DD-888), Haverfield (DER-393), and Evans (DE-1023) alongside, 6 July 1966, place unknown. © Richard Leonhardt
    Klondike 10k Klondike (AR-22) underway, date and place unknown. Walt Reasons
    Klondike 182k Klondike (AR-22) in Subic Bay, Philippines, 1 November 1963. The destroyers alongside, all "FRAM II" types of Destroyer Squadron 15, are: (from inboard to outboard): Taussig (DD-746); John A. Bole (DD-755); Lofberg (DD-759); and John W. Thomason (DD-760)
    US Navy photo # NH 82515 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Fred Weiss
    Klondike 97k Klondike (AR-22) passing Point Loma as she departs San Diego, date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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