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T-AO-123 Mission San Francisco

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Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 5 May 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract at Marinship Corp., Sausalito, CA.
  • Launched, 18 September 1945
  • Delivered, 11 October 1945 for charter to Deconhill Shipping Co. for operations
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 14 April 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL.
  • Acquired by the Navy, 28 October 1947, and placed in service with the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) as Mission San Francisco (AO-123)
  • Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949
  • Redesignated USNS Mission San Francisco (T-AO-123)
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 18 January 1954, for lay up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 20 October 1956, and placed in service with MSTS, chartered to Mathiasens Tanker Industries
  • Lost due to collision with the Liberian freighter Elna IIoff New Castle, DL., on the Delaware River, 7 March 1957, declared unsalvageable by the Navy Struck from the Naval Register, 20 March 1957 (date unknown)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,532 t(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
    Length 524'
    Beam 68'
    Draft 30' (max)
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 52
    Armamentnone
    Propulsion Turbo-electric, single screw, 6000hp
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    Mission San Francisco 93k Mission San Francisco (T-AO-123) at anchor off Pusan Korea, 1951-52. Dr. Don Smith, Radio Electronics Officer USNS Mission San Francisco
    Mission San Francisco 64k Mission San Francisco (T-AO-123) at anchor, date and place unknown. Dr. Don Smith, Radio Electronics Officer USNS Mission San Francisco
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