MISSION SAN RAFAEL T-AO 130
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Keel Laid 25 September 1943 - Launched 31 December 1943 Chartered to Los Angeles Tanker Operators, Inc. Returned to the Maritime Commission 25 April 1946 Placed in service by Naval Transportation Service (NTS) 21 October 1947 Placed out of service 2 February 1955 Returned to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet 2 February 1955 Struck from the Naval Register 22 June 1955 Reacquired by the Navy, 20 June 1956 and placed in service by MSTS under charter to Marine Transport Lines Placed out of service and returned to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. Reacquired by the Navy, 31 May 1960 and placed in service by MSTS under charter to Marine Transport Lines Placed out of service (date unknown) Fate unknown |
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- USNS Mission San Rafael T-AO-130 Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Army & Air Force |
1967-10-01 |
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The ship had no postal facilities.
Other Information
NAMESAKE - A Franciscan mission in colonial California founded in 1817.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Edith S. Waterman.
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