KLASKANINE AOG 63

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker Keel Laid 24 April 1944 at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J Launched 3 February 1945 Acquired by the Navy 26 February 1945 USS KLASKANINE AOG-63 Commissioned 8 March 1945 - Decommissioned 25 March 1946 Returned to the Maritime Commission 25 March 1946 Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946 RAZA Ri-1 (Brazilian Naval Service) Sold to Brazil in 1948 and renamed RAZA G-19 (Brazilian Naval Service) Redesignated (date unknown) Decommissioned by Brazil in 1970 ITAJAI (Commercial Service) Sold by Brazil in 1971 for commercial use and renamed Fate unknown

 

Conflicting History Data

There is disagreement regarding the Brazilian names of the ship and its final disposition.

NavSource says its final name is "ITAJAI" (and has a photo of the ship with this name painted on the bow).
It does not list "RAZA" with a designation of "Ri-1". It claims that the ship was "scrapped in 1971".

The Navios de Guerra Brasileiros (Brazilian Warships) page for RAZA says the ship first had designation "Ri-1" before "G-19" but gives no dates.
It also says the final name is "ESSO ITAJAÍ".
It says: RAZA was sold by Brazil in 1971 to Brasilmar - Meridional de Navegación Ltda., which operated for ESSO, and renamed.
Reportedly in operation until 1995

The Shipbuildinghistory.com page for "T-1 Tankers" (last updated in 2008) says:
Klaskanine "AOG 63, to Brazil 1946 as Raza (G 19), now Itajai, abandoned in Porto Alegre [Brazil]"

I can find no entry for ITAJAI or ESSO ITAJAI in Lloyd's Register of Shipping but I chose ITAJAI given the photographic evidence.
Note there actually is an entry in Lloyd's for "ITAJAI" but it is for a different ship.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Klaskanine AOG-63 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2# 10374 Station FPO San Francisco CA

1946-02-20

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS KLASKANINE earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in the state of Oregon.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Thomas Harris.

 

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