USNS Mission Santa Ynez
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Mission Santa Ynez |
| Builder | Marinship Corporation, Sausalito, California |
| Laid down | 9 September 1943 |
| Launched | 19 December 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | n/a |
| Identification | IMO number: 8450627 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, April 2010 |
| Notes | Last T-2 tanker in the world when scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mission Buenaventura-class oiler |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 524 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Turbo-electric, single screw, 6,000 hp (4.47 MW) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement | 52 |
| Armament | None |
| External media | |
|---|---|
| Images | |
| USNS Mission Santa Ynez Set from Flickr, uploaded by Robert Hart | |
| Video | |
| USNS Mission Santa Ynez in Drydock (Flash format) from YouTube, uploaded by Delfinmar |
SS Mission Santa Ynez was a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. After the war she was acquired by the United States Navy as USS Mission Santa Ynez (AO-134). Later the tanker transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission Santa Ynez (T-AO-134). A Mission Buenaventura-class oiler, she was named for Mission Santa Inés located in Solvang, California.
The Mission Santa Ynez, the last T-2 tanker in existence, was stored at Suisun Bay as part of the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet from 1975 until April 2010 when a lawsuit forced the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to remove her. The tanker was transported to a ship recycling facility in Brownsville, Texas via the Panama Canal in May 2010 for scrapping by Esco Marine.