Klondike class AD
(United States)
|
Name |
No |
Launch |
Comm. |
Decom. |
Fate |
|
USS Klondike |
AD-22 |
12 Aug 1944 |
30 July 1945 |
15 Sep 1974 |
Scrapped (Brownsville, TX) 1976 |
|
USS Arcadia |
AD-23 |
19 Nov 1944 |
13 Sep 1945 |
1 Aug 1974 |
Scrapped (San Pedro, CA) 1974 |
|
USS Everglades |
AD-24 |
28 Jan 1945 |
25 May 1951 |
15 Aug 1970 |
Scrapped (Alang, India) 1992 |
|
USS Frontier |
AD-25 |
25 Mar 1945 |
2 Mar 1946 |
28 June 1968 |
Scrapped (Tacoma, WA) 1976 |
Notes: These destroyer tenders were based on a C3 type cargo ship hull. The dates shown above for Everglades are correct, the ship was completed directly into mothballs, not commissioning until six years later. Klondike served as the 19th Fleet flagship from 1945-1955. For many years after her decommissioning, Everglades was used as a floating barracks by sailors assigned caretaker duty at NISMF Philadelphia.
Combat usage: Klondike was stationed in South Vietnam briefly and participated in the 1969 Tet counteroffensive.
Displacement: 8165t standard, 11,755t full Dimensions: 492’x68’8”x27’3” Machinery: Steam-reduction: 1 boiler, 1 Parsons geared steam turbine, 1 shaft w/non-CP prop Max speed: 18.4kts Complement: 826
AIRCRAFT
(helipad only on Everglades)
WEAPONS-Guns
x1 Mk38 5” 8NM AA/surface
x4 (2 twin) Mk33 3” 6.5NM AA/surface
x4 (2 twin) Mk2 40mm 2NM AA/surface
(WWII-era 20mm mounts deleted)
SENSORS-Radar
AN/SPS-4 (I) 25NM surface search (range, bearing)