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Mission Alamo / Anacostia
T2-SE-A2
Escambia Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down, as Mission Alamo a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under a Maritime
Commission contract at Marinship, Sausalito, CA;
Launched, 24 September 1944;
Commissioned USS Anacostia (AO-94), 25 February 1945;
Decommissioned, (date unknown);
Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
Transferred to the Maritime Commission, (date unknown), for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet;
Reinstated in the Naval Register, (date unknown);
Assigned to the Navy Transportation Service; Reassigned to MSTS, 1 October 1949, and placed In-service
as USNS Anacostia (T-AO-94);
Placed Out-of-service, (date unknown);
Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, (date unknown);
Final Disposition, sold private 1967 and converted to containership, scrapped.
( See photo below )
Specifications:
Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl);
Length 523' 6";
Beam 68';
Draft 30' 10";
Speed 15kts;
Complement 267;
Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns,
four twin 40mm gun mounts,
four twin 20mm gun mounts;
Capacity 140,000 barrels;
Propulsion, turbo-electric, single screw, 8,000 shp.
View the Anacostia (AO-94)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Ship Report for "MISSION ALAMO / ANACOSTIA"
IDNo:
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6904064
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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ANACOSTIA
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Keel:
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16.07.1944
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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24.09.1944
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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25.02.1945
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DWT:
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16613
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Yard No:
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53
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Length overall:
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159.6
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Ship Design:
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T2-SE-A2
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LPP:
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153.3
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.7
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Builder:
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Marinship Corp.
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Material of build:
|
|
Location of yard:
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Sausalito
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1TE-16
|
|
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Subsequent History:
[ Launched as MISSION ALAMO ] -
1968 PENN RANGER -
[ 1968 aft joined to forepart of NAUTILUS, Lg 175.1/166.1 x 24.0 mtr, 14177grt / 26082 dwt & converted to bulk carrier ]
1973 OMNIUM RANGER
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Castellon 26.10.1976 [ By I.M. Varela Davalillo ]
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
|
|
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6904064
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1945
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MISSION ALAMO
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10711
|
|
U.S. Govt.
|
AO-94
|
|
6904064
|
1945
|
ANACOSTIA
|
10711
|
1944K
|
U.S. Navy
|
|
|
6904064
|
1945
|
ANACOSTIA
|
10711
|
1959
|
U.S. Govt.
|
517273
|
6904064
|
6904064
|
1945
|
PENN RANGER
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14177
|
1968
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Penn Sg Co., Inc.
|
|
6904064
|
6904064
|
1945
|
OMNIUM RANGER
|
14177
|
1973
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Omnium Tptn Co.
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USNS Anacostia (T-AO-86), ex Mission Alamo, operating as a civilian-manned MSTS tanker during the 1950s.
Note the larger smokestack fitted to the second batch of ships in this class
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
Custody & Disposal CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships
of Mission Alamo / Anacostia
Custody CARDSNo Disposal CARDS