MISSION DOLORES T-AO 115

From NavalCoverMuseum
Revision as of 21:51, 20 December 2017 by JohnG3938 (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

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 Fleet Oiler
    Keel Laid 18 February 1944 as SS Mission Dolores
    Launched 26 April 1944
    Delivered to Pacific Tankers, Inc. 31 May 1944
    Returned to the Maritime Commission 17 May 1946 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

  1. SS MISSION DOLORES AO-115
    Acquired by the Navy and assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) 20 October 1947

  2. USNS MISSION DOLORES T-AO-115
    Absorbed into the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949
    Placed out of service 30 March 1955

    Struck from the Naval Register 22 June 1955
    Returned to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet 22 June 1955

  3. USNS MISSION DOLORES T-AO-115
    Reacquired by the Navy and placed in service with MSTS 27 June 1956
    Place out of service 19 September 1957

    Struck from the Naval Register and returned to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 19 September 1957
    Transferred by MARAD, 21 April 1969 to Sea-Land Service Inc. for conversion to a containership
    Renamed SS Tampa 30 October 1969
    Sold to Reynolds Leasing Corp., 24 September 1970
    Final Disposition - scrapped May 1984

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.

  1. USNS Mission Dolores T-AO-115 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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
---
Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date		 Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image		 Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image



 

USPO
Duplex + Auxiliary Postmarks

Honolulu, HI

1950-09-02

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A Franciscan mission in California founded in 1776.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. William E. Briggs.

 

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum

Retrieved from "http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/w/index.php?title=MISSION_DOLORES_T-AO_115&oldid=187246"