MISSION SANTA CRUZ T-AO 133

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 June 26 1943 - Launched September 8 1943 Delivered to the MarComm December 31 1943 for charter to Deconhill Shipping Corp. Returned to the Maritime Commission June 3 1946 Acquired by the US Navy October 24 1947 USS MISSION SANTA CRUZ AO-133 Placed in service with NTS October 24 1947 USNS MISSION SANTA CRUZ T-AO-133 Control transferred to MSTS October 1 1949 Placed out of service November 23 1954 Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet Reacquired and placed in service with MSTS July 10 1956 Placed out of service December 4 1959 Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet December 4 1959 Reacquired by the Navy and placed in service with MSTS May 31 1960 Placed out of service (date unknown) Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown) Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1960)

 

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.

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

 

US Army US Air Force Postal System Type 2 APO 677

1960-08-10

N/A

1960 Arctic Operations cachet

 

Other Information

USNS MISSION SANTA CRUZ earned the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A merchant name retained. A Franciscan mission in colonial California founded in 1791.

 

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