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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Left patch contributed by Tommy Trampp, center and right patches contributed by Mike Smolinski

USNS Redstone (T-AGM-20)
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Johnstown (AGM-20) (1965)
USNS Mission De Pala (T-AO-114) (1949 - 1958)
Mission De Pala (AO-114) (1947 - 1949)

USNS Redstone (T-AGM-20) Assigned International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Alpha - Xray NJAX

USNS Mission De Pala (T-AO-114) Assigned International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - November - Papa NHNP

Redstone (T-AGM-2) - Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3) - National Defense Service Medal

Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 26 November 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T-2-SE-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC 1280) at Marinship Corp., Sausalito, CA.

Launched, 28 February 1944

Chartered to Pacific Tankers Inc., 22 April 1944, for operations

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 28 May 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL.

Acquired by the Navy 22 October 1947, designated Mission De Pala (AO-114) and placed in service by the Naval Transportation Service

Administrative transfer to MSTS, 1 October 1949 and placed in service as USNS Mission De Pala (T-AO-114)

Place out of service and returned to th Maritime Commission, 23 December 1949, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX.

Reacquired by the Navy, and placed in service with MSTS, 21 July 1950

Placed out of service and returned to the Maritime Administration, 15 November 1954, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 22 June 1955

Reacquired by the Navy, 6 July 1956, and placed in service with MSTS, operated under charter by Marine Transport Lines, Inc.

Placed out of service 13 March 1958,and returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX.

Struck from the Naval Register, 13 March 1958

Reacquired by the Navy, 19 September 1964, for conversion to a Vanguard Class Range Instrumentation Ship at General Dynamics Co., Quincy, MA.

Renamed and redesignated Johnstown (AGM-20), 8 April 1965

Renamed Redstone , 1 September 1965

Accepted and placed in service by MSTS as USNS Redstone (T-AGM-20), 30 June 1966

Placed out of service, 6 August 1993

Struck from the Naval Register, 7 December 1993

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 30 January 1995

AO Specifications:
Displacement 5,532 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
Length 523' 6"
Beam 68'
Draft 30' 10"
Speed 15.1 kts (trial)

Complement

52 CivMar

17 US Navy Armed Guard

Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo Capacity 15,300DWT

Oil 120,400 Bbls

Gasoline 575,000 Gals

Fuel Capacity NSFO 9,235 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric turbo-electric engine

two Babcock and Wilcox D-type boilers, 600psi 825°

Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 400Kw 450V A.C.
two turbo-drive 85Kw 120V D.C.
two turbo-drive 55Kw 120V D.C.
one turbo-drive 50Kw 450V A.C.

single propeller, 10,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
War Shipping Administration
09532016	42k	*Namesake* Mission De Paul (San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, or the "Pala Mission"), was founded on June 13, 1816 as an asistencia ("sub-mission") to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, some twenty miles inland upstream from the latter mission on the San Luis Rey River. Pala Mission was part of the Spanish missions, asistencias, and estancias system in Las Californias—Alta California. Today it is located in the Pala Indian Reservation located in northern San Diego County, with the official name of Mission San Antonio de Pala. It is the only historic mission facility still serving a Mission Indian tribe. Wikipedia) Pala Mission, circa 1875	Tommy Trampp
	186k	SS Mission De Pala on the builders ways at Marinship Corp., Sausalito, CA., circa December 1943. US Maritime Commission photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.	Robert Hurst
	88k	SS Mission De Pala fitting out at Marinship Corp., Sausalito CA., circa April 1944 US Maritime Commission photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.	Robert Hurst
USS Mission De Pala (T-AO-114)
	100k	Mission De Pala (AO-114), during conversion at Quincy, MA. shipyard to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship	Dan Kovalchik
Johnstown (AGM-20)
09532019	228k	*Namesake* Johnstown - Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Settled in 1770. The city has experienced three major floods in its history. The Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889, when east 2,209 people died as a result of the flood and subsequent fire that raged through the debris. The second and third major floods occurred in 1936 and 1977. Photo - View from from atop the Johnstown Inclined Plane platform by Darthgriz98 (real name unknown), licenened under Creative Commons by-SA 3.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported	Tommy Trampp
	141k	Mission De Pala (AO-114), nearing completion at Quincy, MA. shipyard to Missile Range Instrumentation Ship USNS Johnstown (AGM-20)	Dan Kovalchik
USNS Redstone (T-AGM-20)
09532018	48k	*Namesake* Redstone - Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base adjacent to Huntsville, Alabama Photo - Redstone Arsenal, Gate 9, by American Diabetio (real name unknown) licenened under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International	Tommy Trampp
09532021	717k	Stern view starboard side of *USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** underway near General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincym MA., 4 June 1967. National Archives; ID 6930233 Records, Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Ships	John Spivey
	95k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** underway, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst
09532020	185k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** Satellite Communications Room, 17 August 1967. National Archives; ID 6930231; Records, Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Ships	Tommy Trampp
	79k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1982	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	83k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	62k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** moored pierside, Port Canaveral, FL circa 1970-73. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientists web site
	141k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** underway, date and location unknown.	Dan Kovalchik
	98k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** off the coast of Florida in September 1984 after the launch of the space shuttle "Atlantis".	Photo by Bill Fessenden
	76k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	104k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** underway, off the coast of Florida, date unknown.	Tommy Trampp
09532017	226k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** underway, date and location unknown.	Nicholas Tiberio
	85k	*USNS Redstone* (T-AGM-20)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	434k	Aerial view of Unit 7 of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 28 January 1999. From bottom to top; unidentified, *Santa Cruz* Vulcan (AR-5), Redstone (T-AGM-20), 2 unidentified APs, General Nelson M. Walter (T-AP-125), General William. O. Darby (IX-510), Waccamaw (T-AO-109), Canisteo (AO-99), Caloosahatchee (AO-98), Mississinewa (T-AO-144), Pawcatuck (T-AO-108), Truckee (T-AO-147), Neosho (T-AO-143), Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191) and Henry Eckford (T-AO-192). These two oilers were both lay-berthed incomplete.