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USNS Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124)
ex
 Mission San Gabriel (AO-124) (1947 - 1949)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Oscar - Delta
 NHOD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal
Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 31 January 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1817) at Marinship Corp., Sausalito, CA.
  • Launched, 17 April 1944
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 27 May 1944
  • Chartered to Deconhill Shipping, Co., 28 May 1944, for operation
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 28 February 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Marinship Corp, Sausalito, CA.
  • Acquired by the Navy, 14 October 1947
  • Placed in service by Naval Transportation Service (NTS) as Mission San Gabriel (AO-124)
  • Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) 1 October 1949
  • Placed in service as USNS Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124)
  • Placed out of service, 28 December 1949
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Withdrawn from Reserve and placed in service with MSTS, 18 July 1950
  • Placed out of service, 31 March 1954
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Withdrawn from Reserve and placed in service with MSTS, 8 October 1956
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 20 December 1957
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 20 December 1957, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Commercial Service
    Transferred by the Maritime Administration to Hudson Waterways Corp.(Exchange Program), 24 June 1966, renamed SS Delaware
  • Converted to a containership and train ferry, renamed SS Seatrain Delaware, 21 November 1966.
  • Sold to Tyler Tanker Corp., 30 June 1972 and title transferred to the Maritime Administration (Trade-in and Build Program)
  • Chartered to Tyler Tanker Corp., 30 June 1972
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 14 May 1973
  • Renamed SS Delaware, 8 August 1983
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 October 1983, to Isaac Manuel Verela Davillo, Spain
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,532 t(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
    Length 524'
    Beam 68'
    Draft 30' (max)
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 52
    Armament none
    Propulsion Turbo-electric, single screw, 6000shp
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    USNS Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124)
    Mission San Gabriel 90k USNS Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124) underway in the harbor at Long Beach, CA., date unknown. David Buell
    Mission San Gabriel 1187k USNS Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124) underway in the San Pedro/Long Beach, CA. area, date unknown. David Buell
    Mission San Gabriel 154k USNS Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124) in bound for Yokohama, 14 September 1953 Bob Milloy
    Mission San Gabriel 215k
    Commercial Service
    Mission San Gabriel 95k Stern view of ex-Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124) in commercial service as SS Seatrain Delaware moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany while working cargo, in July 1971. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Mission San Gabriel 72k SS Seatrain Delaware moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany while working cargo, in July 1971. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Mission San Gabriel 48k Aft Superstructure view of SS Seatrain Delaware moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany while working cargo, in July 1971. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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