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USNS Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132)
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 Mission Santa Clara (AO-132) (1947 - 1949)

International Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USNS Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132) was transferred to Pakistan and renamed PNS Dacca (A-41)
Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 15 March 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC 1820) at Marinship Corp., Sausalito, CA.
  • Launched, 18 May 1944
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 21 June 1944, for charter to Los Angeles Tanker Operations, Inc,
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 8 April 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL.
  • Acquired by the Navy, 5 November 1947
  • Placed in service by the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) as Mission Santa Clara (AO-132) under charter to Pacific Tankers, Inc.,
  • Control transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) 1 October 1949, redesignated USNS Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132)
  • During the Korean War USNS Mission Santa Clara operated in the war zone during the following periods:
    10 to 12 October 1950
    17 to 20 November 1950
    31 December 1950 to 3 January 1951
    28 May to 13 June 1951
    30 July to 3 August 1951
    13 to 27 November 1951
  • Placed out of service, 25 June 1959
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Reacquired and placed in service with MSTS, 30 November 1959, chartered to Mathiasens Tanker Industries, Inc. for operations
  • Placed out of service and transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 22 December 1959
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1961
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 10 May 1962, for conversion to an underway replenishment oiler
  • Transferred to Pakistan 17 January 1963, renamed PNS Dacca (A-41)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,532 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
    Length 524'
    Beam 68'
    Draft 30' (max)
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 52 mariners
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    turbo-electric drive
    single propeller, 6000shp
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    Mission Santa Clara 1104k USNS Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132) underway in the Long Beach CA, area, date unknown. David Buell
    PNS Dacca (A-41)
    Mission Santa Clara 45k Ex-Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132) underway, circa 1964, location unknown while in Pakistani service as PNS Dacca (A-41). Robert Hurst
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