Mission Buenaventura-class oiler
Mission Buenaventura
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Mission Buenaventura class |
| Builders: | Marinship, Sausalito, California |
| Operators: |
 United States Navy
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| Built: | 1943–1945 |
| In commission: | 1944–1980 |
| Completed: | 27 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type T2-SE-A2 tanker |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 524 ft (160 m) |
| Beam: | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
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| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 52 |
The Mission Buenaventura class was a series of oilers in World War II in service with the United States Navy. Each of the ships was named after a mission or settlement along the El Camino Real in California, the sole exception being Mission Loreto, named for a settlement in Baja California Sur. When Mission Santa Ynez was scrapped in 2010 she was the last of the over 500 T2 tankers built during the war. The following ships were Mission Buenaventura-class oilers:
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