USNS Mission San Carlos (AO-120)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 1 November 1943 |
| Launched: | 12 February 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 15 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | n/a |
| Fate: | Unknown |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,532 tons light; 21,880 tons full |
| Length: | 524 ft (160 m) |
| Beam: | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft: | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement: | 52 mariners |
| Armament: | None |
The USNS Mission San Carlos was one of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura Class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy, and one of two named for the Franciscan mission located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Mission San Carlos was laid down on 1 November 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marine Ship Corporation, Sausalito, California: launched 12 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. J. H. Pomeroy; and delivered 15 April 1944. Chartered to Pacific Tankers, Inc. for operations on 15 April, she spent the remainder of the War providing allied forces overseas with the vital fuel needed to keep America's armies on the move (during which time she was awarded the National Defense Service Medal). She was returned to the Maritime Commission on 20 April 1946 and laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Mobile, Alabama.
Acquired by the Navy on 12 November 1947 and chartered to Marine Transport, Inc. for operations, she was placed in service with the Naval Transportation Service as Mission San Carlos (AO-120). After 1 October 1949 she was under the operational control of the newly created Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission San Carlos (T-AO-120). She remained in service with MSTS until 6 November 1957 when she was transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Beaumont, Texas. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on the same date.
Sold to Transwestern Associates on 16 May 1966 for conversion to a bulk carrier, she was reacquired by MARAD in the summer of 1966 and resold to Hudson Waterways Corporation for conversion into a combination train ferry and container ship in September, 1966. Renamed Seatrain Maryland, into 1969 she carried cargo between the east and west coasts of the United States and occasionally to Vietnam.
The ship's final disposition is unknown.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- Mission San Carlos. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Retrieved on April 4, 2006.
- T-AO-120 Mission San Carlos. Fleet Oiler (AO) Photo Index. Retrieved on April 4, 2006.
[edit] See also
| Mission-class tankers |
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Mission Buenaventura · Mission Capistrano · Mission Carmel · Mission De Pala · Mission Dolores · Mission Loreto · Mission Los Angeles · Mission Purisima · Mission San Antonio · Mission San Carlos · Mission San Diego · Mission San Fernando · Mission San Francisco · Mission San Gabriel · Mission San Jose · Mission San Juan · Mission San Luis Obispo · Mission San Luis Rey · Mission San Miguel · Mission San Rafael · Mission Santa Barbara · Mission Santa Clara · Mission Santa Cruz · Mission Santa Ynez · Mission Solano · Mission Soledad · Mission Santa Ana |
| Converted to distilling ships Mission San Xavier • Mission San Lorenzo |
| List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy |
