MISSION BUENAVENTURA (AO-111) class

0 MISSION BUENAVENTURA-class TRANSPORT OILER (TAOT

Name                   Hull No.   Completed        Acquired         Status
MISSION SANTA YNEZ     TAOT-134   March 13, 1944   Oct. 22, 1947    Stricken

The MISSION SANTA YNEZ was the lone survivor retained in reserve of a class of merchant tankers built late in World War II and acquired by the Navy after the war. The "MISSION" class encompassed AO-111/137. The ship was delivered as a merchant tanker in March 1944 and acquired...