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

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Victor - Oscar NBVO

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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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1)

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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

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 8 May 1975, by MARAD at San Diego to American Ship Dismantlers Inc. (PD-X-996 dated 25 March 1975) for $486,177.78

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
USS Klondike (AD-22)
	75k	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
09252212	242k	Klondike (AD-22) (in service) and the decommissioned destroyer escort Henry R. Kenyon (DE-683) moored in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, CA., in the early 1950s. The gasoline tanker USS Rio Grande (AOG-3) is partly visible in the foreground. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN-AOG-3 Rio Grande-152929. From the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 7574665.		Robert Hurst
USS Klondike (AR-22)
	162k	USS Klondike (AR-22) under way in 1962, location unknown. US Navy photo from 1966/67 Edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships"		Robert Hurst
	54k	USS Klondike (AR-22) departing San Diego, circa 1963.		John Strohmaier
	99k	USS Klondike (AR-22), with USS O'Bannon (DD-450) alongside, Subic Bay, PI, 25 June 1966		© Richard Leonhardt
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	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
	97k	USS Klondike (AR-22) passing Point Loma as she departs San Diego, date unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. and Walt Reasons
	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
	89k	USS Klondike (AR-22) under way circa 1969, location unknown. US Navy photo by PH2 S.C. Wyckoff.		Robert Hurst
	116k	USS Klondike (AR-22) under way, circa 1960s, location unknown. Photo from US Naval History and Heritage Command collections		Robert Hurst

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For more photos and information about USS Klondike, see: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) MARAD Vessel History Database

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Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Hatch, Maurice Edward, USN (USNA 1920)	30 July 1945 - 15 January 1947	AD-22
02	LCDR. Foley, Charles Timothy, USN	15 January 1947 - February 1947	AD-22
03	CAPT. Gallaher, John Francis, USN (USNA 1926):RADM	February 1947 - 30 September 1948	AD-22
	Decommissioned	30 November 1946 - 15 July 1959
04	CDR. Mullins Jr., Fred Ferguson (Moon), USN	15 July 1959 - 10 March 1960	AD-22 /AR-22
05	CAPT. Bikle, Burton Lagerquist, USN	10 March 1960 - 10 March 1961	AD-22/AR-22
06	CAPT. Elliott Jr., James Brona, USN	10 March 1961 - 22 September 1962	AR-22
07	CAPT. Campbell, James Meehan, USN (USNA 1943)	22 September 1962 - November 1963	AR-22
08	CAPT. Scapa, Jacob (Jack), USN	November 1963 - October 1964	AR-22
09	CAPT. Coulter, Frank John, USN (USNA 1939)	1965 - 25 August 1967	AR-22
10	CAPT. Connelley Jr., Ernest Clyde, USN	26 August 1967 - 18 December 1968	AR-22
11	CAPT. Maupin, Elwin Courtney, USN	18 December 1968 - 29 August 1970	AR-22
12	CDR. Kratz, Marshall Lee, USN (USNA 1953)	29 August 1970 - 15 December 1970	AR-22

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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