Conecuh / Mission Los Angeles

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T-2-SE-A2

Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 25 April 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (T-2-SE-A2) tanker hull under a Maritime

Commission contract at Marinship Corp, Sausalito, CA,

Launched, 10 August 1945 as Conecuh.

Chartered to Los Angeles Tanker Operators, Inc.

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 16 July 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.

Acquired by the Navy, 24 October 1947, and placed in service with the Naval Transportation Service (NTS)

as Mission Los Angeles (AO-117)

Control transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949 and placed in

service as USNS Mission Los Angeles (T-AO-117)

Placed out of service and returned to the Maritime Commission, 12 November 1957, for lay up in the

National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)

Final Disposition, fate unknown.

( See photo below )

Specifications:

Displacement 5,532 t.(lt) 21,800 t.(fl)

Length 524'

Beam 68'

Draft 30' (max)

Speed 16.5 kts.

Complement 52

Armament none

Propulsion Turbo-electric, single screw, 6000 shp.

View the Mission Los Angeles (T-AO-117)

DANFS history entry located at Navsource.

History :

Mission Los Angeles (T-AO-117) underway off Long Beach, CA., date unknown.

( Photo thanks to David Buell )

Custody CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships

of Mission Los Angeles

Custody CARDS

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Disposal CARDS

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