As part of the Shipmates of the USS Mispillion AO-105 we are very sad to see the last of this class oiler chopped up for Scrap! Visit her shipmates who once served proudly on her at www.ussmispillion.com we have a reunion coming up in Aug of 2012.

Title should read Ex USNS/USS Mispillion TA0105/A0105

History
Laid down, 14 February 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 2701), at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, Chester, PA.
Launched, 10 August 1945
Commissioned USS Mispillion (AO-105), 29 December 1945, Decommissioned, 26 July 1974
Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105) in 1975
Placed out of service circa 1994
Struck from the Naval Register, 15 February 1995
Title transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in early 2012, to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX., for $1.8 million.

This was USS Mispillion AO-105. The twin rudders are a dead giveaway.