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USNS Mission Purisima

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47: 470: 32: 557: 375:; launched 25 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. John Collins; and delivered 23 November 1943. Chartered to Deconhill Shipping Company for operations, she carried fuel to allied forces in the 1340: 550: 417:
Reacquired by the Navy on 26 June 1956 she was placed in service with MSTS and served until returned to MARAD on 4 December 1957 and laid up at the Maritime Reserve Fleet at
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theaters until 27 April 1946, when she was returned to the Maritime Commission and laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at
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Acquired by the Navy on 15 October 1947 she was placed in service with Naval Transportation Service as
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until taken over by the new Military Sea Transportation Service on 1 October 1949 and designated USNS
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was laid down on 10 June 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marinship Corporation,
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The ship was sold for scrapping to American Ship Dismantlers, Inc. on 27 April 1976.
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Turbo-electric, single screw, 6,000 hp (4.47 MW)
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During her active military service she was awarded the
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Later the tanker transferred to the 26: 229:21,880 long tons (22,231 t) full 43: 7: 1321:Ships built in Sausalito, California 226:5,532 long tons (5,621 t) light 458:Republic of Korea War Service Medal 332:Military Sea Transportation Service 25: 312:United States Maritime Commission 468: 45: 30: 275:(30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) 446:National Defense Service Medal 354:Mission La Purísima Concepción 18:USNS Mission Purisima (AO-118) 1: 522:Fleet Oiler (AO) Photo Index 454:United Nations Service Medal 434:Original Mission La Purísima 1357: 410:. She was struck from the 342:. 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Index

USNS Mission Purisima (AO-118)
USNS Mission Purisima
Marinship Corporation
Sausalito, California
IMO number
5237177
Mission Buenaventura-class
oiler
knots
Type T2-SE-A2
tanker
United States Maritime Commission
World War II
United States Navy
Military Sea Transportation Service
Mission Buenaventura-class
oiler
Mission La Purísima Concepción
Lompoc, California
Sausalito, California
Pacific
Atlantic
Suisun Bay
California
Olympia, Washington
Naval Vessel Register
Suisun Bay
Original Mission La Purísima
National Defense Service Medal
Korean Service Medal

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