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Mission Santa Ana / Soubarissen
T2-SE-A2
Suamico Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down, 19 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under Maritime
Commission contract (MC hull 1828) at Marinship, Sausalito, CA.
Launched, 12 August 1944
Commissioned USS Soubarissen (AO-93), 5 January 1945
Decommissioned in May 1946, at Mobile , AL.
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL.
Reacquired by the Navy, 19 February 1948
Assigned to the Navy Transportation Service (NTS) as Soubarissen (AO-93) chartered to Marine
Transport Lines, Inc., for operations
Control transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949,
redesignated USNS Soubarissen (T-AO-93)
Placed out of service, 20 April 1955 and transferred to Maritime Administration for lay up in the
National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
Reactivated, 6 July 1956 and placed in service by MSTS
Placed out of service, 30 December 1958 nd transferred to Maritime Administration for lay up
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July1961
Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD 19 March 1982.
Disposal, 1982 :
Soubarissen remained in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet until she was disposed of by a MARAD vessel exchange on 19 March 1982.
She was traded to the Ferrell Lines along with three other vessels in exchange for the SS Export Banner. Farrell Li-nes immediately resold Soubarissen to Echhardt & Co. Marine, who then in turn sold the tanker to Iterresources Inc. for further resale to Brownsville Steel & Salvage, Brownsville, Texas. Soubarissen was delivered to the scrap-yard on 5 April 1982 and she was scrapped by 30 July 1982.
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Ship Report for "MISSION SANTA ANA / SOUBARISSEN"
IDNo:
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6122101
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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SOUBARISSEN
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Keel:
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19.06.1944
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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12.08.1944
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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05.01.1945
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DWT:
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16613
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Yard No:
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52
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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:
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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 SANTA ANA ]
Disposal Data:
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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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Name change
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Registered Owner
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(AO-102)
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6122101
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1945
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MISSION SANTA ANA
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10448
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U.S. Govt.
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AO-93
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6122101
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1945
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SOUBARISSEN
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10448
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1944
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U.S. Navy
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( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,650 t.(fl)
Length 523' 6"
Beam 68'
Draft 30' 10"
Speed 15.1 kts.
Complement 255
Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, four twin 40mm gun mounts,
four twin 20mm gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 140,000 barrels
Propulsion turbo-electric, twin screws, 8,000shp
View the Soubarissen (AO-93)
DANFS history entry located at Navsource.
USS Soubarissen (AO-93) launching at Marinship Corp., Sausalito, CA., 12 August 1944.
( US Maritime Commission photo )
Mission Santa Ana (T-AO-137) underway in Long Beach Harbor, date unknown.
( Photo thanks to David Buell )
"USS Soubarissen (AO-93)" ex. "Mission Santa Ana".
"USS Soubarissen (AO-93)" ex. "Mission Santa Ana", near the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, 20 January 1945.
The last four ships of this class, plus the two converted to distilling ships (AW 3-4), had funnels that were larger than those
in the first batch. They resembled the stacks of the Sun-built T2 tankers.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
Custody & Disposal CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF shipsof Mission Santa Ana
Custody CARDS
Back of Card 1 No Image
Disposal CARDS
Back of Card 1 No Image