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Pacific Tankers Inc.
Industry Tanker Maritime transport
Founded 1943
Founder Kenneth D. Dawson
Defunct 1951
Headquarters San Francisco, California
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 John A. McCone (Chairman), Allan Cameron (GM)

Pacific Tankers, Inc. of San Francisco, California was founded in 1943 as a division of Joshua Hendy Corporation to operate Fleet Oilers for the United States Navy to support World War II efforts. Pacific Tankers, Inc. operated Mission Buenaventura-class oiler, a Type T2 tanker (Type T2-SE-A2). Each Pacific Tankers, Inc. tanker has a merchant crew of about 9 officers and 39 men. Pacific Tankers Inc. was a major tanker operator for the war with a fleet of over 60 tankers. Pacific Tankers, Inc. continued operations after the war.

Joshua Hendy Corporation was founded in the 1850s as an engineering and mining company. Joshua Hendy Corporation engineering was used in the construction of the Panama Canal form 1904 to 1914. In for World War II Joshua Hendy Corporation built twelve triple expansion marine steam engines for Liberty ship.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation did an investigation into the sales of a Pacific Tankers, Inc ship to Aristotle Onassis in 1951-1952.

Pacific Tankers, Inc. ships

US Naval Tanker Mission San Luis Obispo
USNS Mission San Luis Obispo

Some of Pacific Tankers Inc ships:

  • SS Mckittrick built in 1944 (owned 1947–1951)
  • SS Montebello Hills built in 1944 (owned 1948–1951)
  • SS William M. Burden (SS Brookfield) built in 1944 (owned 1950–1951)
  • SS Pecos (1944– )
  • USS Sebec (AO-87) leased 1946 to 1950.
  • SS Saugatuck (owned 1947–1948)

World War II ships

Mission Santa Ana T-AO-137
USNS Mission Santa Ana (T-AO-137) getting underway in Long Beach, California
Assembly and Construction of T2 Navy Tankers - Mission Santa Ynez, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA HAER CA-337 (sheet 8 of 8)
Assembly and Construction of T2 Navy Tankers
  • Some of the US government-owned, Naval Transportation Service tankers,operated by commercial firm Pacific Tankers, Inc:
  • SS Mission Santa Ynez T2
  • SS Mission Soledad
  • SS Mission San Fernando
  • SS Mission San Jose
  • SS Mission San Gabriel
  • SS Redstone
  • SS Mission San Miguel
  • SS Mission Carmel
  • SS San Luis Obispo
  • SS Mission Capistrano
  • SS Santa Barbara
  • SS Mission Santa Clara
  • SS Mission Santa Ana
  • SS Mission Dolores
  • SS Mission San Carlos
  • SS Mission San Luis Rey
  • SS Chalmette, (later Lynchburg (T-AO-l54))
  • SS Umatilla
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