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 BAE Systems Pier 70 dry dock.
April 10, 2010. © Andrew Dyer http://www.robindesbois.org/english/shipbreaking19.pdf
IN DRYDOCK by: daver6@sbcglobal.net' On Youtube
The Tug Michael McAllister, led by Captain Darryl Busby and his crew, arrived in San Francisco on April 11th.
She immediately hooked up to the USNS MISSION SANTA YNEZ, turned around on April 12th and headed for Brownsville.
May 3, 2010 - Through PANAMA CANAL by: Travel Server
Report CONTINUES at BROWNSVILLE web page.
TUG Michael J. McAllister outbound off NOB Norfolk on September 24, 2009 from: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1021190
Length 24m; Width 10m; Speed: Max/Avg. 12.4 / 8.6 knots. IMO: 7207073 MMSI: 367136570 Call sign: WDD3818
Other Links: T2 Tanker Reef by ACCIDENT Navsource Last T-2 Tanker
