History | |
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United States | |
Laid down | 15 January 1944 |
Launched | 8 April 1944 |
Acquired | 22 October 1947 |
In service | 22 October 1947 |
Out of service | 11 January 1965 |
Stricken | 11 January 1965 |
Identification | IMO number: 6519716 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 26 October 1983 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | |
Length | 524 ft (160 m) |
Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
Draft | 30 ft (9 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
Complement | 52 mariners |
SS Mission San Antonio was a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. After the war she was acquired by the United States Navy as USS Mission San Antonio (AO-119). Later the tanker transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission San Antonio (T-AO-119). She was a Mission Buenaventura-class oiler and was named for Mission San Antonio de Padua located near Jolon, California.