Sold to Mission Drilling & Exploration Corp, New Orleans, LA, 15 Mar 1973
Scrapped, 1980-82
General characteristics
Displacement
5,532 tons (light);
21,880 tons (full)
Length
524 ft 0 in (160 m)
Beam
68 ft 0 in (21 m)
Draft
30 ft 0 in (9 m)
Propulsion
Turbo-electric, single screw
Speed
16.5 knots (31 km/h)
Complement
52 mariners
Armament
2 x 5 in (2x1), 8 x 20mm (8x1) (WWII)
SS Mission Capistrano was a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. After the war she was acquired by the United States Navy as USS Mission Capistrano (AO-112). Later the tanker transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission Capistrano (T-AO-112). She was a Mission Buenaventura-class oiler and was named for San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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