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USNS ''Mission Carmel'' |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 1 January 1944 |
| Launched: | 28 March 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 17 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | n/a |
| Fate: | Unknown | |
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| Displacement: | 5,532 tons light;
21,880 tons full |
| Length: | 524 ft (160 m) |
| Beam: | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft: | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement: | 52 mariners |
| Armament: | None |
The '' was one of twenty-seven ''
Mission Buenaventura '' Class
Fleet Oilers built during
World War II for service in the
United States Navy , and one of two named for the
Franciscan Mission located in
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California .
''Mission Carmel'' was laid down
1 January 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marine Ship Corporation,
Sausalito, California ; launched
28 March 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs. W. B. Lardner; and delivered
17 May 1944 . Chartered to Pacific Tankers, Inc. for operations, she spent the remainder of the War providing fuel to our forces overseas (during which time she was awarded the
National Defense Service Medal ). Returned to the Maritime Commission on
11 April 1946 she was laid up in the Reserve Fleet at
Portland, Oregon .
Acquired by the Navy
21 October 1947 she was designated ''Mission Carmel'' (AO-113) and assigned to the Naval Transportation Service for operations. She continued with the Transportation Service until
1 October 1949 when the Naval Transportation Service and the ''Mission Carmel'' were absorbed into the new Military Sea Transportation Service. Redesignated USNS ''Mission Carmel'' (T-AO-113), she continued to supply our forces overseas with needed fuel products until
25 October 1957 when she was returned to the Maritime Administration, struck from the and laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at
Olympia, Washington .
Her life of service not yet over, she was sold to
Litton Industries on
7 November 1957 for conversion into a dry
Cargo Ship . Renamed ''Houston'', into 1969 she continued her life of service under a new flag.
The ship's final disposition is unknown.
