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Klaskanine
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, 24 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission
contract (MC 2657) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
Launched, 3 February 1945
Acquired by the Navy, 26 February 1945
Commissioned USS Klaskanine (AOG-63), 8 March 1945
Decommissioned and returned to the Maritime Commission, 25 March 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Transferred (sold) to Brazil (date unknown), renamed Raza (G-19)
Final Disposition, scrapped in 1971.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 845 t.(lt) 2,270 t.(fl)
Length 220' 6"
Beam 37'
Draft 13' 11"
Speed 10 kts.
Complement 62
Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm guns, three single 20mm gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 1,228 DWT
Propulsion diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp.

View the Klaskanine (AOG-63)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

The Miramar Ship Index for "KLASKANINE"
IDNo:
6121239
Year:
1945
Name:
KLASKANINE
Launch Date:
03.02.1945
Type:
Tanker
Date of completion:
08.03.1944
Flag:
USA
Keel:
24.04.1944

DWT:
1453
Yard No:
30
Length overall:
67.2
Ship Design:
T1-M-A2
LPP:
65.1
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
11.3
Builder:
East Coast SY
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Bayonne, NJ.
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1D-10

Subsequent History:
1946 RAZA - 1970 ITAJAI

Disposal Data:
Last trace listing in Lloyd Class. Index 09.1996.

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Name change
Registered Owner
AOG-63
6121239
1945
KLASKANINE
1134
U.S. Navy
6121239
1945
RAZA
1134
1946
Brazilian Navy
6121239
1945
ITAJAI
1134
1970
Brasilmar Meridional

 ex-USS Klaskanine (AOG-63) in Brazilian service as Raza (G-19), drydocked, date and
place unknown.
( Photo Copyright Jose Arthur )
 ex-USS Klaskanine (AOG-63) in Brazilian service as Raza (G-19), drydocked, date and
place unknown.
 Ex-USS Klaskanine (AOG-63) in merchant service as the motor tanker M/T Itajai moored pierside, date and location unknown.