USNS Mission Santa Ynez (T-AO-134)

Headed for Texas about April 10, 2010 - she was moored in Row E at Suisun Bay so we didn't see her.

The Mission Santa Ynez will be the fifth ship removed from Suisun Bay since October when the
Obama administration ended a two-year moratorium and began recycling ships as the litigation
played out before Burrell.   TIMES HERALD  March 31, 2010



Laid down, 9 September 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull
under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1275) at Marinship Corp., Sausalito, CA.

Displacement 5,532 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)      Length 524'      Beam 68'      Draft 30' (max)      Speed 16.5 kts.
Complement 52 mariners      Armament none      Propulsion turbo-electric, single screw, 6000hp






From: Wikipedia 



Being towed backwards under I-680

Tugboats push the Mission Santa Ynez under the Benicia Bridge as it makes its way to a San Francisco shipyard where it will be prepped
for its journey to a Texas scrap yard. The tanker was part of the ghost fleet. Photo: Lance Iversen / The Chronicle


Pushing her into dry dock


IN DRYDOCK  by: daver6@sbcglobal.net'     On Youtube

May 3, 2010 - Through PANAMA CANAL by: Travel Server













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