This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler
Keel Laid 26 November 1943 - Launched 28 February 1944
Chartered to Pacific Tankers Inc. 22 April 1944 for operations
Returned to the Maritime Commission 28 May 1946
USS MISSION De PALA AO-114 Acquired by the US Navy 22 October 1947 and Placed in Service by the NTS
USNS MISSION De PALA T-AO 114 Administrative transfer to MSTS 1 October 1949
Place out of Service and returned to the Maritime Commission 23 December 1949
Reacquired by the Navy, and Placed in Service with MSTS 21 July 1950
Placed out of Service and returned to MARAD 15 November 1954
Struck from the Naval Register 22 June 1955
USNS MISSION De PALA T-AO 114 Reacquired by the US Navy 6 July 1956 and Placed in Service
Placed out of Service 13 March 1958 and returned to MARAD
Struck from the Naval Register 13 March 1958
Vanguard Class Range Instrumentation Ship
Reacquired by the US Navy 19 September 1964 for conversion
USNS JOHNSTOWN AGM-20 Renamed and redesignated 8 April 1965
USNS REDSTONE T-AGM-20 Renamed 1 September 1965
Accepted and Placed in Service by MSTS 30 June 1966
Placed out of Service 6 August 1993
Struck from the Naval Register 7 December 1993
Sold 17 November 1995 as excess
Naval Covers
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.
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.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it.
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