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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler<br/>
Keel Laid 29 February 1944 as '''SS Mission Capistrano'''<br/> 
Launched 7 May 1944<br/>
Delivered to the Maritime Commission 14 June 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''MISSION CAPISTRANO''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Chartered to Pacific Tankers Inc. and supported allied forces overseas<br/>
Returned to the Maritime Commission 20 April 1946 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/>  
Acquired by the Navy 17 November 1947<br/><br/> 
<li>'''MISSION CAPISTRANO AO-112'''</li>
Assigned to the Naval Transportation Service and placed in service<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS MISSION CAPISTRANO T-AO-112'''</li>
Naval Transportation Service was absorbed into the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) 1 October 1949<br/>
Placed out of service 1 January 1955<br/>
Struck from the Naval Register 1 January 1955<br/> 
Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/>
Reacquired by the Navy, and reassigned to MSTS control 5 July 1956<br/> 
Converted at Todd Shipyard, New Orleans, LA., to Miscellaneous Auxiliary (Sound Testing Ship) in early 1960<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS MISSION CAPISTRANO T-AG-162'''</li>
Placed in service, date unknown -  
Reclassified (AG-162) 1 July 1960<br/>
Placed out of service, date unknown<br/>
Transferred to MARAD 15 September 1970 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/> 
Sold for non-transportation purposes, 10 July 1972, to Boston Metals Co.<br/><br/>
<li>'''MISSION EXPLORATION''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Resold 15 March 1973 to Mission Drilling and Exploration Corp., converted to drilling rig, and renamed<br/><br/>
Scrapped 1980 in Brownsville, Texas.
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date 
range for covers on that page.
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one 
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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USPO<br/>Machine Postmark<br/><br/>Brooklyn, NY
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1965-04-07
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The ship had no postal facilities.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A Franciscan mission in colonial California founded by Fr. Junipero Serra in 1776.<br/><br/>
The ships sponsor was Mrs. James E. George.
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