Mission Buenaventura-class oiler

	USNS Mission San Francisco
Class overview
Name	Mission Buenaventura class
Builders	Marinship
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Shikellamy class
Succeeded by	Neosho class
Built	1943–1945
In commission	1944–1980
Completed	27
Retired	27
General characteristics
Type	Type T2-SE-A2 tanker
Displacement	5,532 short tons (5,019 t) (light); 21,800 short tons (19,777 t) (full);
Length	524 ft (160 m)
Beam	68 ft (21 m)
Draft	30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric; 10,000 hp (7,457 kW); Single screw;
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.

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