MISSION SAN MIGUEL T-AO 129

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Mission Buenaventura Class Tanker Keel Laid August 11 1943 as M. C. Type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull Launched October 31 1943 MISSION SAN MIGUEL (Commercial Service) Delivered to Maritime Commission February 19 1944 and chartered to Pacific Tankers, Inc. for operations Returned to Maritime Commission May 20 1946 Laid up in Maritime Reserve Fleet Mobile, Ala MISSION SAN MIGUEL (AO-129) Acquired by Navy, 4 November 1947 Assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) and chartered to American Pacific Steamship Co. for operation USNS MISSION SAN MIGUEL T-AO-129 Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service Placed In Service October 1 1949 - Out of Service March 22 1950 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group Placed In Service July 24 1950 - Out of Service May 28 1954 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group Placed In Service November 1 1956 LOST (Grounded) October 8 1957 Maro Reef Hawaii Declared unfit for salvage Struck from Navy Register December 20 1957

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 7rz

1945-07-29 to 1945-07-29

As S. S. MISSION SAN MIGUEL

 

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

DATE FROM to DATE TO

N/A

N/A

Had no post office

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A Franciscan mission in colonial California founded in 1797

 

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