Mission Buenaventura-class oiler

Mission Buenaventura
Class overview
Name:	Mission Buenaventura class
Builders:	Marinship, Sausalito, California
Operators:	United States Navy
Built:	1943–1945
In commission:	1944–1980
Completed:	27
General characteristics
Type:	Type T2-SE-A2 tanker
Displacement:	5,532 short tons (5,019 t) (light) 21,800 short tons (19,777 t) (full)
Length:	524 ft (160 m)
Beam:	68 ft (21 m)
Draft:	30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion:	Turbo-electric 10,000 hp (7,457 kW) Single screw
Speed:	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement:	52

The Mission Buenaventura class was a series of oilers in World War II in service with the United States Navy. Each of the ships was named after a mission or settlement along the El Camino Real in California, the sole exception being Mission Loreto, named for a settlement in Baja California Sur. When Mission Santa Ynez was scrapped in 2010 she was the last of the over 500 T2 tankers built during the war. The following ships were Mission Buenaventura-class oilers:

• Mission Buenaventura (T-AO-111)
• Mission Capistrano (T-AO-112)
• Mission Carmel (T-AO-113)
• Mission De Pala (T-AO-114)
• Mission Dolores (T-AO-115)
• Mission Loreto (T-AO-116)
• Mission Los Angeles (T-AO-117)
• Mission Purisima (T-AO-118)
• Mission San Antonio (T-AO-119)
• Mission San Carlos (T-AO-120)
• Mission San Diego (T-AO-121)
• Mission San Fernando (T-AO-122)
• Mission San Francisco (T-AO-123)
• Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124)
• Mission San Jose (T-AO-125)
• Mission San Juan (T-AO-126)
• Mission San Luis Obispo (T-AO-127)
• Mission San Luis Rey (T-AO-128)
• Mission San Miguel (T-AO-129)
• Mission San Rafael (T-AO-130)
• Mission Santa Barbara (T-AO-131)
• Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132)
• Mission Santa Cruz (T-AO-133)
• Mission Santa Ynez (T-AO-134)
• Mission Solano (T-AO-135)
• Mission Soledad (T-AO-136)
• Mission Santa Ana (T-AO-137)