Type T2-Se-A2 Tankers of the United States Navy - USS Sebec, USS Mascoma, USS Ponaganset, Usns Mission San Fernando, USS Soubarissen (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: USS Sebec, USS Mascoma, USS Ponaganset, USNS Mission San Fernando, USS Soubarissen, USS Tomahawk, USS Kennebago, USS Anacostia, USNS Mission Capistrano, USNS Mission De Pala, USNS Mission San Juan, USS Cahaba, USS Escambia, USS Tamalpais, USNS Mission Santa Ynez, USNS Mission San Gabriel, USNS Mission San Antonio, USNS Mission Dolores, USNS Mission San Rafael, USNS Mission Santa Clara, USS Pamanset, USNS Mission Soledad, USNS Mission Solano, USNS Mission Santa Barbara, USS Ocklawaha, USNS Mission San Diego, USNS Mission Purisima, USNS Mission San Luis Obispo, USNS Mission San Carlos, USNS Mission San Miguel, USS Caney, USNS Mission San Luis Rey, USNS Mission Loreto, USNS Mission Buenaventura, USNS Mission Carmel, USNS Mission San Jose, USNS Mission Santa Cruz. Excerpt: USS Sebec (AO-87) was a Escambia-class fleet oiler acquired by the United States Navy for use during World War II. She had the dangerous but necessary task of providing fuel to vessels in combat and non-combat areas primarily in the Pacific Ocean. For her valiant efforts, she received six battle stars during the war. Sebec, a type T2-SE-A2 tanker hull, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1266) on 20 May 1943 by the Marinship Corp. of Sausalito, California. Launched on 29 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Fox, she was delivered to the Kaiser Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon, for completion and conversion to an oiler, and accepted and commissioned by the Navy on 29 March 1944, Lt. Comdr. Howard M. Elder, USNR, in command. After shakedown off San Diego, California, Sebec steamed to San Pedro, California, arriving on 16 June. Two days later, she departed the U.S. West Coast and arrived Pearl Harbor on the 24th. On 28 June, Sebec's task unit got underway for the Marshall Islands. Anchoring at Eniwetok on 6 July, Sebec loaded a ca...