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Mission Dolores
T2-SE-A2
Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down, 18 February 1944, as Mission Dolores, a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull,
under a Maritime Commission contract at Marinship, Sausalito, CA;
Launched, 26 April 1944;
Operated under charter to Pacific Tankers, Inc;
Returned to the Maritime Commission, 17 May 1946, for lay up in the National Defense
Reserve Fleet, Portland, OR.;
Acquired by the Navy, 20 October 1947, designated Mission Dolores (AO-115) and assigned to
the Naval Transportation Service (NTS); Absorbed into the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS),
1 October 1949 and Redesignated USNS Mission Dolores (T-AO-115);
Placed out of service in May 1955;
Struck from the Naval Register, and returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National
Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA., 22 June 1955;
Reacquired by the Navy, 27 June 1956, and placed in service with MSTS on the same date;
Place out of service, struck from the Naval Register and returned to the National Defense Reserve
Fleet, Olympia, WA., 19 September 1957;
Final Disposition, On 21 April 1969 the ship was transferred by MARAD, to Sea-Land Service Inc. for
conversion to a container ship, and renamed SS Tampa on 30 October 1969. Sold to Reynolds
Leasing Corp., on 24 September 1970, she was scrapped in May 1984.
( See photo below )
Mission Dolores Specifications:
Displacement 21,880 t.(fl);
Length 524';
Beam 68';
Draft 30' (max);
Speed 16.5 kts;
Complement 52 civilian mariners;
Armament none;
Propulsion, Turbo-electric, single screw, 6000hp.
View the Mission Dolores (AO-115)
DANFS history entry located at Navsource.
USNS Mission Dolores (T-AO-115) underway, probably near Long Beach CA., date unknown.
( Photo thanks to David Buell )
USS Mission Dolores (T-AO-115), moored, date and location unknown.
USNS Mission Dolores (T-AO-115) underway in the harbor at Long Beach CA., date unknown.
( Photo thanks to David Buell )
USNS Mission Dolores (T-AO-115) underway in the harbor at Long Beach CA., date unknown.
"Tampa", ex. "MIssion Dolores", on the River Weser; leaving Bremen (Germany), May 1971.
( Photo by G. Mueller-Debus )
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