Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages     |   home Index Mission Purisma T2-SE-A2 Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down, 10 June 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Marinship Corp, Sausalito, CA, Launched, 25 August 1943 Chartered to Deconhill Shipping Co. for operations Returned to the Maritime Commission, 27 April 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. Acquired by the Navy, 15 October 1947, and placed in service with the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) as Mission Purisma (AO-118) Control transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949 and placed in service as USNS Mission Purisma (T-AO-118) Placed out of service, struck from the Naval register and returned to the Maritime Commission, 16 May 1955, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA. Reacquired by the Navy, 26 June 1956, and placed in service with MSTS Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register and returned the Maritime Administration, 4 December 1957, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. Final Disposition, fate unknown ( See photos 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, 6000shp View the Mission Purisma (T-AO-118) DANFS history entry located at Navsource "Mission Purisma" underway, date and place unknown. "Mission Purisma".   "Mission Purisma".   USNS "Mission Purisma (T-AO 118)", during World War 2. ( Copyright 'Art by Wayne' ) Excellent painting by Wayne Scarpaci. See more of his work at ( http://www.artbywayne.com/ ).  Custody CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships of Mission Purisma Custody CARDS Front of Card 1 Back of Card 1 No Image Front of Card 2 Back of Card 2 Front of Card 3 Back of Card 3 Disposal CARDS Front of Card 1 Back of Card 1 No Image