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USS Klickitat (AOG-64) on 29 May 1946
History
United States
NameKlickitat
NamesakeKlickitat River
Orderedas type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2624
Awarded26 July 1944
BuilderSt. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Cost$1,022,203.48
Yard number83
Way number3
Laid down16 December 1944
Launched24 March 1945
Sponsored byMrs. I. B. McDaniel
Commissioned14 July 1945
Decommissioned23 January 1946
Stricken7 February 1946
Identification
Fate
United States
NameCaptain
OwnerManuel Rodriguez Trading Corp.
Fate
  • Wrecked and rebuilt, 1948
  • Sold to Argentina, 14 June 1949
NotesSold to Argentina without cost
Argentina
NamePunta Loyola
NamesakePunta Loyola
Acquired14 June 1949
Stricken1984
Fate
  • Sold, 1968
  • Renamed Alkene, wrecked, 1974
General characteristics
Class and typeKlickitat-class gasoline tanker
TypeType T1-MT-BT1 tanker
Displacement
  • 1,980 long tons (2,012 t) (light)
  • 5,970 long tons (6,066 t) (full load)
Length325 ft 2 in (99.11 m)
Beam48 ft 2 in (14.68 m)
Draft19 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Capacity
  • 10,465 bbl (1,663.8 m) (Diesel)
  • 871,332 US gal (3,298,350 L; 725,536 imp gal) (Gasoline)
Complement80
Armament

USS Klickitat (AOG-64), was the lead ship of the type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Klickitat River, in Washington.

Construction

Klickitat was laid down on 16 December 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2624, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. I. B. McDaniel; acquired by the US Navy and commissioned 14 July 1945.

Service history

Departing Jacksonville, 28 July, Klickitat arrived Hampton Roads, Virginia, 31 July. After shakedown in the Chesapeake Bay, the gasoline tanker proceeded on 23 August, for Rockland, Maine, arriving 26 August. She returned to Norfolk, 3 September, and departed 23 November, with her sister ship Michigamme, for Houston, Texas. Arriving 2 December, she loaded a cargo of diesel oil, sailed 3 December, for the East Coast, and arrived Norfolk, 12 December. Remaining at Norfolk, Klickitat decommissioned 23 January 1946, and was returned to the Maritime Commission (MARCOM) 24 January. Her name was struck from the Navy List 7 February 1946.

Klickitat was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, on 24 January 1946. On 20 August 1948, she was sold for commercial use to Manuel Rodriguez Trading Corp., and renamed Captain. Wrecked in 1948, she was rebuilt and sold to the Argentine Navy at no cost and renamed Punta Loyola.

References

  1. ^ St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. ^ MARCOM.
  3. ^ Navsource.
  4. ^ DANFS.
  5. MARAD.

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MARCOM ships built by St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida, during World War II
Type EC2-S-C1 ships
"Liberty Ships"
Type T1-M-BT1 ships
Klickitat-class gasoline tankers
Klickitat class gasoline tanker
 United States Navy
 Argentine Navy
Type T1-M-BT1 tankers
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