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Name | Mission Santa Clara |
Laid down | 15 March 1944 |
Launched | 18 May 1944 |
Acquired | 5 November 1947 |
In service | 5 November 1947 |
Out of service | 22 December 1959 |
Stricken | 1 July 1961 |
Fate |
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Name | Dacca |
Acquired | 17 January 1963 |
Commissioned | 17 January 1963 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | |
Length | 524 ft (160 m) |
Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
Draft | 30 ft (9 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
Complement | 52 mariners |
SS Mission Santa Clara was a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. After the war she was acquired by the United States Navy as USS Mission Santa Clara (AO-132). Later the tanker transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132). She was a Mission Buenaventura-class oiler and was named for Mission Santa Clara de Asís in Santa Clara, California.
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