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Mission San Xavier
T2-SE-A2
Pasig Class Distilling Ship:
 
USS Pasig (AW-3), ex "Mission San Xavier" under way near Mare Island Navy Yard, 7 January 1945.
( US Navy Photo )
 USS Pasig (AW-3), ex "Mission San Xavier" under way in San Francisco Bay, 7 January 1945.
( US Navy Photo )
 USS Pasig (AW-3), ex "Mission San Xavier" under way in San Francisco Bay, 7 January 1945.
( US Navy Photo )
USS Pasig (AW-3), ex "Mission San Xavier" underway, 7 January 1945, place unknown.
( US Navy Photo )
 USS Pasig (AW-3), ex "Mission San Xavier" circa 1951-52, location unknown.
( US Navy Photo )
 USS Pasig (AW-3), ex "Mission San Xavier"  at anchor, date and location unknown. Note crew over the side painting the hull.
( Photo thanks to Harry Hobbs )

PASIG, T2-SE-A2
History :
Built by Marinship Co., Sausalito, California.
Yardnumber 50. UMSC No. 1826. Off. nr. AW-3.
Keel laid 18-05-1944. Launched 03-07-1944. Completed 14-08-1944. 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, Lynn, Massachussetts. 10000 B.h.p., 7356 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
PASIG-1944 Laid down as SS Mission San Xavier a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract.
AW-3 PASIG-1944 Redesigned as a Distilling Ship, 24 August.
AW-3 PASIG-1944 Acquired by the US Navy. Converted for Naval Service at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
AW-3 PASIG-1944 Commissioned USS Pasig (AW-3).
AW-3 PASIG-1947 Decommissioned in February. Laid up in the Reserve Fleet. Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
AW-3 PASIG-1948 Recommissioned, 1 January, without reactivation of her armament
AW-3 PASIG-1948 Decommissioned, 23 June.
AW-3 PASIG-1955 Decommissioned, 15 June.
AW-3 PASIG-1960 Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA., 4 March. Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July. Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 4 March, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
AW-3 PASIG-1972 Towed to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 29 June.
Additional Reports :
Reported Pasig redesigned as Distilling ship 1944.
Reported Pasig sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived California 16 Oct. 1975 to be broken up. [ By Levin San José ]

USS Pasig / SS Mission San Xavier, Oiler, hull # 50, originally to be named S. S. Mission San Xavier", keel laid 5/18/44, launched July 15, 1944. Launched as SS Mission San Xavier, but name changed to USS Pasig at completion. Sponsor: Mrs. John A. McCone; Matron of Honor, Mrs. Kenneth K. (Elizabeth Hay) Bechtel. In USMC Reserve Fleet in October, 1960. Reserve, Suisun Bay CA , 6/72.