The USS Klickitat (AOG-64) was a T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the United States Navy during World War II. As the lead ship of its class, she was constructed to transport and supply gasoline and other petroleum products. Laid down on December 16, 1944, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company in Jacksonville, Florida, the vessel was assigned the Maritime Commission hull number 2624. She was sponsored by Mrs. I. B. McDaniel and was commissioned into Navy service on July 14, 1945. Following her commissioning, USS Klickitat departed Jacksonville on July 28 and arrived in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on July 31. After a shakedown period conducted in Chesapeake Bay, she proceeded to Rockland, Maine, arriving on August 26. She then returned to Norfolk, Virginia, on September 3. Later, she departed Norfolk on November 23, alongside her sister ship Michigamme, heading to Houston, Texas. She arrived there on December 2, loaded diesel oil, and then sailed for the East Coast, reaching Norfolk on December 12. Her service was brief; USS Klickitat decommissioned on January 23, 1946, and was returned to the Maritime Commission the following day. She was placed in the James River Reserve Fleet at Lee Hall, Virginia. The vessel was sold for commercial use on August 20, 1948, to Manuel Rodriguez Trading Corp., and was renamed Captain. That same year, she was wrecked but was subsequently rebuilt and transferred to the Argentine Navy, where she was renamed Punta Loyola. Throughout her brief service life, USS Klickitat exemplified the logistical support vital to naval operations during the closing months of World War II. Her subsequent commercial and military service under different flags highlights her versatility and the post-war redistribution of naval vessels.

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