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USS Klondike (AR-22)
ex
 USS Klondike (AD-22) (1945 - 1960)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Victor - Oscar
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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 USS 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
  • USS Klondike earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,165 t.(lt) 16,635 t.(fl)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 27'
    Speed 18.4 kts. (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 48
    Enlisted 778
    Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 7,485Bbls
    Diesel 4,645Bbls
    Propulsion
    one General Electric geared turbine
    two Babcock and Wilcox D-type boilers, 465psi 765°
    double General Electric Main Reduction Gear
    Ships Service Generators
    four Diesel-drive 350Kw 450V A.C.
    three turbo-drive 350Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    single propeller, 8,500shp
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    USS Klondike (AD-22)
    Klondike 75k PCU Klondike (AD-22) underway near her builders yard at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., San Pedro, CA., 28 July 1945, two days prior to her commissioning.
    US National Archives RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-88221 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Klondike (AR-22)
    Klondike 54k USS Klondike (AR-22) departing San Diego, circa 1963. John Strohmaier
    Klondike 99k USS Klondike (AR-22), with USS O'Bannon (DD-450) alongside, Subic Bay, PI, 25 June 1966 © Richard Leonhardt
    Klondike 75k
    Klondike 62k USS Klondike (AR-22), at Subic Bay, PI, with USS Stickell (DD-888), USS Haverfield (DER-393), and US Evans (DE-1023) alongside, 6 July 1966. © Richard Leonhardt
    Klondike 97k USS Klondike (AR-22) passing Point Loma as she departs San Diego, date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. and Walt Reasons
    Klondike 182k USS 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): USS Taussig (DD-746); USS John A. Bole (DD-755); USS Lofberg (DD-759); and USS John W. Thomason (DD-760)
    US Navy photo # NH 82515 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Fred Weiss
    Klondike 116k USS Klondike (AR-22) underway, circa 1960s, location unknown.
    Photo from US Naval History and Heritage Command collections    		 Robert Hurst
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    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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