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,[1] 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.
 USNS Mission San Francisco
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Mission Buenaventura class |
| Builders | Marinship |
| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by | Shikellamy class |
| Succeeded by | Neosho class |
| Built | 1943–1945 |
| In commission | 1944–1980 |
| Completed | 27 |
| Retired | 27 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Type T2-SE-A2 tanker |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 524 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement | 52 |
Ships
edit- 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)
References
edit- ^ Sagarena, R. R. L. (2014). Aztlán and Arcadia: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Creation of Place. New York University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-4798-5490-5. Retrieved November 14, 2024.