USS Klondike
Klondike in Subic Bay, Philippines, on 1 November 1963. The destroyers alongside are all "FRAM II" types of Destroyer Squadron 15. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Klondike |
| Builder | Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California |
| Launched | 12 August 1944 |
| Commissioned | 30 July 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 15 December 1970 |
| Reclassified | AR-22 (Repair ship), 20 February 1960 |
| Stricken | 15 September 1974 |
| Honours & awards | 1 campaign star (Vietnam) |
| Fate | Scrapped 1975 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Klondike-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 8 in (21.23 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 8,500 shp (6,338 kW) |
| Speed | 18.4 knots (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph) |
| Complement | 826 |
| Armament |
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USS Klondike (AD-22/AR-22) was a destroyer tender in service the United States Navy from 1945 to 1970. In 1960, she was redesignated as a repair ship. After spending another five years in reserve, she was sold for scrap in 1975.