USNS Mission San Jose (AO-125)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 17 July 1943 |
| Launched: | 7 October 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 29 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 October 1957 |
| 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 Jose was one of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura Class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy, named for the Franciscan mission located in Fremont, California.
Mission San Jose was laid down 17 July 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marine Ship Corporation, Sausalito, California; launched 7 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Robert L. Bridges and delivered 29 January 1944. Chartered to Pacific Tankers, Inc. for operations, she spent the remainder of the War carrying fuel to allied forces overseas. She served in this capacity until 3 May 1946 when she was returned to the Maritime Commission and laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Mobile, Alabama.
Acquired by the Navy 5 November 1947 she was placed in service with the Naval Transportation Service as Mission San Jose (AO-125). After 1 October 1949 she was under the operational control of the new Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission San Jose (T-AO-I25). She served with MSTS until 15 October 1957 when she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California.
Sold to Hudson Waterways Corporation on 24 June 1966 for conversion into a combination container ship and train ferry, she was renamed Ohio on the same day, but was again renamed Seatrain Ohio on 5 August 1967. Upon completion of conversion, and into 1969, Seatrain Ohio carried cargo between the east coast of the United States and the Caribbean, 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 Jose. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Retrieved on April 2, 2006.
- T-AO-125 Mission San Jose. Fleet Oiler (AO) Photo Index. Retrieved on April 2, 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 |
[[Category:World War II tankers of the United States|Mission Sanh
