USNS Mission Los Angeles

History
United States
Name	Mission Los Angeles
Builder	Marinship Corporation, Sausalito, California
Laid down	25 April 1945, as Conecuh
Launched	10 August 1945, as Mission Los Angeles
In service	29 October 1945
Out of service	16 July 1946
In service	24 October 1947
Out of service	12 November 1957
Stricken	12 November 1957
Identification	IMO number: 6912205
Honors and awards	2 battle stars (Korea)
Fate	Scrapped December 1975
General characteristics
Class and type	Mission Buenaventura-class oiler
Displacement	5,532 long tons (5,621 t) light 21,880 long tons (22,231 t) full
Length	524 ft (160 m)
Beam	68 ft (21 m)
Draft	30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric, single screw
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	52
Armament	None

USNS Mission Los Angeles (T-AO-117) was a Mission Buenaventura-class oiler that served in the United States Navy. The ship was originally intended as USS Conecuh (AO-103) for the U.S. Navy but her acquisition was canceled. The ship, a Type T2-SE-A3 tanker, was completed as SS Mission Los Angeles and delivered after the end of World War II. The tanker was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1948 as USS Mission Los Angeles (AO-117), but was transferred to the Military Sea Transport Service upon its creation in 1949. The ship was named for Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Asistencia (a "sub-mission" to Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, one of the twenty-one California missions), she was the only U.S. Naval Vessel to bear the name.