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|Header caption= – Apollo tracking ship<ref name=MARAD1>{{cite web |url=https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/9813 |title=MISSION DE PALA |author=Maritime Administration |work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><!-- A duplicate set of MARAD status cards is under the name "REDSTONE (T-AGM 20)" with both conatining a photo with typed description of dimensions after modification. -->
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'''USNS ''Redstone''''', designated T‑AGM‑20, was a tracking ship assigned to [[Apollo program|Apollo]] space mission support under the control of the [[Eastern Range]]. For a brief time during conversion the ship was named ''Johnstown'' with the designation AGM‑20.
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'''SS ''Mission De Pala''''' was a [[Type T2-SE-A2 tanker|Type T2-SE-A2]] [[tanker (ship)|tanker]] built for the [[United States Maritime Commission]] during [[World War II]]. After the war she was acquired by the [[United States Navy]] as '''USS ''Mission De Pala'' (AO-114)'''. Later the tanker transferred to the [[Military Sea Transportation Service]] as '''USNS ''Mission De Pala'' (T-AO-114)'''. She was a member of the {{sclass|Mission Buenaventura|oiler||ship}} and was named for [[Mission San Antonio de Pala]] in eastern [[San Diego County, California]].

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The ship was built as '''''Mission De Pala''''', named for [[Mission San Antonio de Pala]] in eastern [[San Diego County, California]], a [[Type T2-SE-A2 tanker|Type T2-SE-A2]] [[tanker (ship)|tanker]], for the [[United States Maritime Commission]] during [[World War II]]. After the war the tanker was transferred to the [[United States Navy]] for operation by the Naval Transportation Service as '''''Mission De Pala'' (AO-114)''' and later the successor [[Military Sea Transportation Service]] as '''USNS ''Mission De Pala'' (T-AO-114)'''. The tanker was a member of the {{sclass|Mission Buenaventura|oiler||ship}}.


==Service history==
==Service history==
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===World War II, 1944-1946===
{{stack|[[File:USNS Mission De Pala.jpg|thumb|USNS ''Mission De Pala''.]]}}
''Mission De Pala'' was laid down on 26 November 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by [[Marinship]] Corporation,<ref group=note>DANFS error on builder's name. There was no "Marine Ship Corporation", Sausalito. The yard there was Marinship Corporation, an emergency yard funded by the Maritime Commission.</ref> [[Sausalito, California]]. The T2-SE-A2 tanker was launched on 28 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Francis D. Malone.<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/mission-de-pala.html |title=Mission De Pala |author=Naval History And Heritage Command |date=10 August 2015 |work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> The ship, official number 245359, was delivered to the [[War Shipping Administration]] for operation by [[Pacific Tankers Inc.]] under a general agency agreement on 22 April 1944.<ref name=MARAD1/>


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The tanker spent the remainder of the war carrying oil and fuel to allied forces overseas, in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] (during which time she was three times awarded the [[Navy "E" Ribbon|Navy Battle "E" Ribbon]] as well as the [[National Defense Service Medal]]). Returned to the Maritime Commission on 28 May 1946, she was laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at [[Mobile, Alabama]].<ref name=DANFS/>
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===World War II, 1943&ndash;1946===
''Mission De Pala'' was laid down on 26 November 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marine Ship Corporation, [[Sausalito, California]]; launched on 28 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Francis D. Malone; and delivered on 22 April 1944.


===Navy tanker 1947—1958===
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Chartered to Pacific Tankers Inc. on 22 April for operations, she spent the remainder of the war carrying oil and fuel to allied forces overseas, in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] (during which time she was three times awarded the [[Navy "E" Ribbon|Navy Battle "E" Ribbon]] as well as the [[National Defense Service Medal]]). Returned to the Maritime Commission on 28 May 1946, she was laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at [[Mobile, Alabama]].
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The Maritime Commission transferred custody of the ship to the Navy on 22 October 1947 upon which the Navy applied the designation AO-114 for service with [[Naval Transportation Service]] (NTS). NTS was merged into the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and on 1 October 1949 the ship was designated USNS ''Mission De Pala'' (T-AO-114). Her service with MSTS was brief and on 23 December 1949 the ship was laid up in the Reserve Fleet at [[Orange, Texas]].<ref name=DANFS/>


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The Navy reactivated ''Mission De Pala'' on 21 July 1950 for service with MSTS when the [[Korean War]] created an urgent need for logistics support vessels, especially tankers. The tanker spent most of the war shuttling between [[Korea]], [[Pearl Harbor]], and the west coast of the United States carrying fuel overseas. The Navy declared the ship surplus on 15 November 1954 returning it to Maritime Commission custody for up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at [[James River]], Virginia.<ref name=MARAD1/><ref name=DANFS/> She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 22 June 1955.<ref name=DANFS/>
===NTS/MSTS, 1947&ndash;1949===
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Acquired by the Navy on 22 October 1947 she was designated ''Mission De Pala'' (AO-114) and placed in service with [[Naval Transportation Service]] (NTS). Taken over by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) on 1 October 1949 she was designated USNS ''Mission De Pala'' (T-AO-114). Her service with MSTS was brief and on 23 December 1949 she was returned to the Maritime Commission and laid up in the Reserve Fleet at [[Orange, Texas]].


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The Navy reactivated the ship, taking custody on 6 July 1956, for service with MSTS to be operated, under charter, by Marine Transport Lines, Incorporated. On 13 March 1958 the Maritime Administration took permanent custody of the ship for lay up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Orange. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on the same date.<ref name=DANFS/>
===Korean War, 1950&ndash;1954===
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[[File:USS Redstone in Pearl Harbor.jpg|thumb|left|USNS ''Redstone'' underway, Pearl Harbor (ca. 1966–1968).]]
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When the [[Korean War]] broke out, there was an urgent need for logistics support vessels, especially tankers, so on 21 July 1950 ''Mission De Pala'' was reacquired by the Navy and placed in service with MSTS on the same date. The tanker spent most of the war shuttling between [[Korea]], [[Pearl Harbor]], and the west coast of the United States carrying fuel overseas. Transferred to the Maritime Administration on 15 November 1954 she was laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at [[James River, Virginia]]. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 22 June 1955.


===Apollo tracking/communications ship 1964-1993===
===MSTS, 1956&ndash;1958===
On 19 October 1964 the Maritime Commission returned permanent custody of ''Mission De Pala'' to the Navy for conversion into a [[Missile Range Instrumentation Ship|missile‑range instrumentation ship]].<ref name=MARAD1/><ref group=note>DANFS has the date exactly one month earlier. MARAD records are precise. DANFS may be the date on which the decision was made or simply an error by the writers.</ref> Converted at [[General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] she was "jumboized" by having a 72‑foot section added amidships, an extensive array of electronic equipment was installed and a nest of antennas added topside. Essentially the ship was virtually rebuilt in order to prepare her for her new role. While under conversion, she was renamed and redesignated [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/09532004.jpg ''Johnstown''] (AGM-20) on 8 April 1965, but she was renamed ''Redstone'' on 1 September 1965. Upon completion of conversion, she was accepted on 30 June 1966 by MSTS, for service as USNS ''Redstone'' (T-AGM-20).
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Reacquired by the Navy on 6 July 1956 she was placed in service with MSTS and operated, under charter, by Marine Transport Lines, Inc., until 13 March 1958 when she was again returned to the Maritime Administration and laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Orange. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on the same date.


{{stack|[[File:Redstone satellite communications room August 1967.png|thumb|Satellite communications room 17 August 1967.]]}}
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===Conversion to instrumentation ship, 1964&ndash;===
Once again the call to service came and on 19 September 1964 the ''Mission De Pala'' was reacquired for the Navy for conversion into a [[Missile Range Instrumentation Ship|missile‑range instrumentation ship]]. Converted at [[General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] she was "jumboized" by having a 72‑foot section added amidships, an extensive array of electronic equipment was installed and a nest of antennas added topside. Essentially the ship was virtually rebuilt in order to prepare her for her new role. While under conversion, she was renamed and redesignated [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/09532004.jpg ''Johnstown''] (AGM-20) on 8 April 1965, but she was renamed ''Redstone'' on 1 September 1965. Upon completion of conversion, she was accepted on 30 June 1966 by MSTS, for service as USNS ''Redstone'' (T-AGM-20). Designed for use as a seagoing tracking station for the [[Apollo program]] test series and moon shot, into 1969, she continued these duties and played her part in helping fulfill the late President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s pledge to land a man on the [[moon]] before 1970.
Designed for use as a seagoing tracking and communications station for the Apollo program test series and moon shot, into 1969, she continued these duties and played her part in helping fulfill the late President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s pledge to land a man on the [[moon]] before 1970.<ref name=DANFS/>


==Deactivation and disposal==
The ship was removed from service on 6 August 1993. She was struck from the Naval Register on 7 December 1993 and sold for scrap on 30 January 1995.<ref>http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/53/5320.htm</ref>
The ship was removed from service on 6 August 1993. She was struck from the Naval Register on 7 December 1993.<ref>{{cite web |last=Priolo |first=Gary P. |title=USNS ''Redstone'' (T-AGM-20) |publisher=NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive |date=8 September 2017 |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/53/5320.htm |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> On 6 August 1993 the ship was placed in the James River reserve fleet until withdrawn briefly 23 June through 31 August 1994 for stripping before sale and scrapping. After being sold for scrapping the ship finally left the fleet on 30 January 1995.<ref name=MARAD1/>

== Footnotes ==
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==References==
==References==
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* {{cite web|title=''Mission De Pala''|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m12/mission_de_pala.htm|accessdate=April 1, 2006}}
* {{cite web|title=T-AO-114 ''Mission De Pala'' / T-AGM-20 ''Johnstown'' / T-AGM-20 ''Redstone''|work=Fleet Oiler (AO) Photo Index|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/53/5320.htm|accessdate=April 1, 2006}}

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[[Image:Redstone T-AGM-20.jpg|thumb|380px|left|USNS ''Redstone'' (T-AGM-20) underway, date and place unknown.]]
[[Image:USNS Redstone.jpg|thumb|380px|right|USNS ''Redstone'' (T-AGM-20) moored pierside, date and place unknown.]]

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USNS Redstone
History
United States
Name
  • Mission De Pala (1944 – 1964)
  • Johnstown (1964 – 1964)
  • Redstone (1964 – 1995)
Namesake
BuilderMarinship, Sausalito CA
Laid down26 November 1943
Launched28 February 1944
Acquired22 April 1944 (delivery)
In service
  • 1944 – 1958 as tanker
  • 1964 – 1993 as Apollo tracking/communications ship
Out of service1993
Identification
FateSold for scrap and removed from reserve fleet 30 January 1995.
General characteristics – tanker
Class and type
Tonnage
Displacement
  • 5,532 long tons (5,621 t) light
  • 21,880 long tons (22,231 t) full
Length524 ft (160 m)
Beam68 ft (21 m)
Draft30 ft (9.1 m)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement52
ArmamentNone
General characteristics – Apollo tracking ship[1]
Displacement
  • 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) light
  • 24,700 long tons (25,096 t) full
Length595 ft 2 in (181 m)
Beam75 ft 2 in (23 m)
Draft24 ft 11 in (8 m)
Speed16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Crew
  • 44
  • 108 scientific/technical
NotesMultiple modifications. Antennas and equipment as Apollo tracking/communications ship.

USNS Redstone, designated T‑AGM‑20, was a tracking ship assigned to Apollo space mission support under the control of the Eastern Range. For a brief time during conversion the ship was named Johnstown with the designation AGM‑20.

The ship was built as Mission De Pala, named for Mission San Antonio de Pala in eastern San Diego County, California, a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker, for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. After the war the tanker was transferred to the United States Navy for operation by the Naval Transportation Service as Mission De Pala (AO-114) and later the successor Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission De Pala (T-AO-114). The tanker was a member of the Mission Buenaventura-class oiler.

Service history

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World War II, 1944-1946

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USNS Mission De Pala.

Mission De Pala was laid down on 26 November 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marinship Corporation,[note 1] Sausalito, California. The T2-SE-A2 tanker was launched on 28 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Francis D. Malone.[2] The ship, official number 245359, was delivered to the War Shipping Administration for operation by Pacific Tankers Inc. under a general agency agreement on 22 April 1944.[1]

The tanker spent the remainder of the war carrying oil and fuel to allied forces overseas, in the Pacific (during which time she was three times awarded the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon as well as the National Defense Service Medal). Returned to the Maritime Commission on 28 May 1946, she was laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Mobile, Alabama.[2]

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The Maritime Commission transferred custody of the ship to the Navy on 22 October 1947 upon which the Navy applied the designation AO-114 for service with Naval Transportation Service (NTS). NTS was merged into the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and on 1 October 1949 the ship was designated USNS Mission De Pala (T-AO-114). Her service with MSTS was brief and on 23 December 1949 the ship was laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Orange, Texas.[2]

The Navy reactivated Mission De Pala on 21 July 1950 for service with MSTS when the Korean War created an urgent need for logistics support vessels, especially tankers. The tanker spent most of the war shuttling between Korea, Pearl Harbor, and the west coast of the United States carrying fuel overseas. The Navy declared the ship surplus on 15 November 1954 returning it to Maritime Commission custody for up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at James River, Virginia.[1][2] She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 22 June 1955.[2]

The Navy reactivated the ship, taking custody on 6 July 1956, for service with MSTS to be operated, under charter, by Marine Transport Lines, Incorporated. On 13 March 1958 the Maritime Administration took permanent custody of the ship for lay up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Orange. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on the same date.[2]

USNS Redstone underway, Pearl Harbor (ca. 1966–1968).

Apollo tracking/communications ship 1964-1993

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On 19 October 1964 the Maritime Commission returned permanent custody of Mission De Pala to the Navy for conversion into a missile‑range instrumentation ship.[1][note 2] Converted at General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts she was "jumboized" by having a 72‑foot section added amidships, an extensive array of electronic equipment was installed and a nest of antennas added topside. Essentially the ship was virtually rebuilt in order to prepare her for her new role. While under conversion, she was renamed and redesignated Johnstown (AGM-20) on 8 April 1965, but she was renamed Redstone on 1 September 1965. Upon completion of conversion, she was accepted on 30 June 1966 by MSTS, for service as USNS Redstone (T-AGM-20).

Satellite communications room 17 August 1967.

Designed for use as a seagoing tracking and communications station for the Apollo program test series and moon shot, into 1969, she continued these duties and played her part in helping fulfill the late President John F. Kennedy's pledge to land a man on the moon before 1970.[2]

Deactivation and disposal

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The ship was removed from service on 6 August 1993. She was struck from the Naval Register on 7 December 1993.[3] On 6 August 1993 the ship was placed in the James River reserve fleet until withdrawn briefly 23 June through 31 August 1994 for stripping before sale and scrapping. After being sold for scrapping the ship finally left the fleet on 30 January 1995.[1]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ DANFS error on builder's name. There was no "Marine Ship Corporation", Sausalito. The yard there was Marinship Corporation, an emergency yard funded by the Maritime Commission.
  2. ^ DANFS has the date exactly one month earlier. MARAD records are precise. DANFS may be the date on which the decision was made or simply an error by the writers.

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 8835542.
  1. ^ a b c d e Maritime Administration. "MISSION DE PALA". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Naval History And Heritage Command (10 August 2015). "Mission De Pala". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ Priolo, Gary P. (8 September 2017). "USNS Redstone (T-AGM-20)". NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

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