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Mission Purisma
T2-SE-A2
Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler:
"Mission Purisma" underway, date and place unknown.
"Mission Purisma".
"Mission Purisma".
USNS "Mission Purisma (T-AO 118)", during World War 2.
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MISSION PURISMA, T2-SE-A2
History :
Built by Marinship Co., Sausalito, California.
Yardnumber 25. UMSC No. 1268. Off. nr. 244543.
Keel laid 10-06-1943. Launched 25-08-1943. Completed 23-11-1943. Gr. 10448 t., Net. 6423 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 8,99 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 10000 B.h.p., 7356 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 tanks.
History:
MISSION PURISIMA-1943 Completed for U.S. War Shipping Administration, San Francisco, USA.
MISSION PURISIMA-1943 Chartered by War Shipping Administration to Deconhill Shipping Co. for operations, 23 November.
MISSION PURISIMA-1946 Returned to the Maritime Commission, 26 April, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
AO-118 MISSION PURISIMA-1947 Acquired by the Navy, 15 October, and placed in service with the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) as Mission Purisima (AO-118)
T-AO-118 MISSION PURISIMA-1949 Control transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service MSTS), 1 October and placed in service as USNS Mission Purisima (T-AO-118)
T-AO-118 MISSION PURISIMA-1955 Placed out of service, struck from the Naval register and returned to the Maritime Commission, 16 May, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
T-AO-118 MISSION PURISIMA-1956 Reacquired by the Navy, 26 June, and placed in service with MSTS
T-AO-118 MISSION PURISIMA-1957 Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register and returned the Maritime Administration, 4 December, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
Additional Reports :
Reported Mission Purisima Converted to floating storage 1976, reported LQR III-1979.
Reported Mission Purisima sold for scrapping to American Ship Dismantlers, Inc., 27 April 1976
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SS Mission Purisima, T-2 Tanker, hull #25, keel laid 6/10/43, launched August 25, 1943. Sponsor: Mrs. John Collins, wife of Labor-Management Committee member; matron of honor Mrs. Arthur Rochester. In USMC Reserve Fleet in October, 1960.
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