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Mission San Luis Obispo
T2-SE-A2
Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler:
"Mission San Luis Obispo" location, source and date unknown.
"Mission San Luis Obispo" location, source and date unknown.
"Mission San Luis Obispo" location, source and date unknown.
( Photo thanks to David Buell )
"Mission San Luis Obispo" location, source and date unknown.
Navy Transportation Service tanker Mission San Luis Obispo (AO-127) moored, circa 1947 to 1949, location, source and date unknown.
"Seatrain Puerto Rico", ex. "Mission San Luis Obispo", the first in a line of seven converted T2 tankers and sistership of the Ohio, underway
circa late 1960s.
( Photo Copyright L.A. Sawyer and W.H. Mitchell )
The Seatrain Puerto Rico formerly the T2-SE-A2 'Mission' lype tanker Mission San Luis Obispo, was
altered beyond recognition in 1967 at Newport News to a container and railway wagon earner for the
Hudson Waterways Corporation. Length was increased, superstructure relocated aft and a spar deck
equipped with twin 50-ton cranes was constructed. The fore end of the main deck was squared-off with
sponsons to match the shape of the spar deck above. Rail tracks are fitted in the lower deck and
vehicles/containers are carried on the main deck. The vessel operates under the colours of the as-
sociated Seatrain Lines of New Jersey. The Seatrain Carolina (ex Mission Santa Barbara) is a
similar conversion.
MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO, T2-SE-A2
History :
Built by Marinship Co., Sausalito, California.
Yardnumber 47. UMSC No. 1823. Off. nr. 246095.
Keel laid 18-04-1944. Launched 18-06-1944. Completed 15-07-1944. 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, Cleveland, Ohio. 10000 B.h.p., 7356 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO-1944 Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 15 July, for charter to Pacific Tankers, Inc.
MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO-1946 Returned to the Maritime Commission, 27 March, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
AO-127 MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO-1947 Acquired by the Navy, 24 October 1947, and assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) as Mission San Luis Obispo (AO-127).
T-AO-127 MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO-1949 Absorbed into the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October and placed in service as USNS Mission San Luis Obispo (T-AO-127).
T-AO-127 MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO-1955 Placed out of service, 22 June. Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
T-AO-127 MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO-1956 Reacquired by the Navy, 27 June, and again placed in service with MSTS as USNS Mission San Luis Obispo (T-AO-127).
T-AO-127 MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO-1957 Returned to the Maritime Administration, 24 June, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX. Struck from the Naval Register, 24 September.
MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO-1966 Sold, 25 March, to Hudson Waterways Corp., for conversion to a combination containership and train ferry, renamed SS Seatrain Puerto Rico, 1 April.
SEATRAIN PUERTO RICO-1966 for Hudson Waterways Corporation, New York, USA.
SEATRAIN PUERTO RICO-1975 for U.S. Dept. of Commerce, New York, USA.
PUERTO RICO-1978 for U.S. Dept. of Commerce, New York, USA.
Additional Reports :.
Reported Seatrain Puerto Rico converted into rail vehicle carrier in 1966 lengthened by insertion of 36' section from old mid-body of FRUITVALE HILLS, by Newport News SB. & DD. Co., Newport News, Va., delivered Jan. 1967.
New dimensions 170.7 / 164.5 x 20.8 m, 7991 grt / 12249 dwt. 1 Hold. 1 Hatch: 18,5 x 11,4 m. Cranes: 2 x 45 t. Bale 22461 m3.
Reported Puerto Rico sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 1986 to be broken up. [ By An Hsiung Iron & Steel Co. ]
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SS Mission San Luis Obispo, T-2 Tanker, hull # 47, keel laid 4/18/44, launched June 18, 1944 Sponsor: Mrs. George A. Patterson, wife of Maritime Commission Principal Machinery Inspector. In USMC Reserve Fleet in October, 1960. Container Ship "Seatrain Puerto Rico" 1/67.
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