USS Mispillion ( AO - 105 ) USS " Mispillion " ( AO - 105 ) was an that served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1974 . She was then transferred to the Military Sealift Command to continue in non - commissioned service as United States Naval Ship USNS " Mispillion " ( T - AO - 105 ) , in which capacity she served until 1994 . Thus far , " Mispillion " has been the only U . S . Navy ship to bear the name . Construction and commissioning . " Mispillion " was laid down under Maritime Commission contract on 14 February 1945 by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Chester , Pennsylvania . She was launched on 10 August 1945 , sponsored by Mrs . C . E . Feddeman , acquired by the United States Navy from the Maritime Commission on 30 November 1945 , and commissioned on 29 December 1945 , Commander R . E . Wingler in command . Operational history , 1946 – 1965 . " Mispillion " joined Service Force , Pacific , on 6 April 1946 . Between then and 1950 , she alternated on station tanker duty between Tsingtao , China ; Shanghai , China ; Subic Bay , Philippines ; and Eniwetok , with shuttle runs between the oil port of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf and various ports in Japan , China , the Philippines , the Marshall Islands , and the Mariana Islands . As station tanker at Eniwetok in 1948 , she took part in Operation Sandstone , an atomic bomb test . In 1949 she performed cold - weather operations off the Territory of Alaska . With the outbreak of the Korean War , " Mispillion " joined Task Force 90 . During her first combat tour she provided logistic support for the huge invasion force that landed United Nations forces at Inchon on 15 September 1950 , then rounded the Korean Peninsula to support the forces operating in the Wonsan area . After a brief respite on the United States West Coast in the autumn of 1951 , she returned in November 1951 for a second combat tour . She continued to support United Nations naval forces as they enforced a continuous blockade of the North Korean coast , rendered gunfire support to United Nations ground forces , and bombarded Communist supply areas , troop concentrations , and transportation centers . Operating in both the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan , " Mispillion " also supported the aircraft carrier s of Task Force 77 , providing aviation gasoline and fuel oil for the ships . Returning to the United States West Coast in August 1952 , she got underway again in September 1952 for another nine - month Western Pacific tour with the United States Seventh Fleet . Although she operated primarily in the Korean combat area during each of the above tours , she spent at least one month each time as a station tanker at Kaohsiung , Taiwan , supporting the Taiwan Straits patrol . " Mispillion " received eight battle star s for her Korean War service . Between 1953 and 1964 " Mispillion " alternated Western Pacific and United States West Coast duty with yard periods in between . Participating in various exercises , she joined in Operation Redwing , her second atomic bomb test , in the Marshall Islands in 1956 . " Jumboization " , 1965 – 1966 . On 16 April 1965 " Mispillion " was placed in commission in reserve as she prepared for a prolonged " jumboization " conversion and overhaul , begun at Toldeo , Ohio , in April 1965 , and completed at Boston , Massachusetts , in August 1966 . With an increased capacity of over , an added length of almost 100 feet ( 30 m ) , and over 50 additional crew members , in addition to modern equipment , " Mispillion " departed Boston on 6 September 1966 to return to her home port at Long Beach , California . Operational history , 1967 – 1994 . In April 1967 " Mispillion " got underway for her first Western Pacific deployment since 1964 . Arriving at Subic Bay , Philippine Islands , on 22 April 1967 , she began a seven - month cruise refueling aircraft carriers and gunfire support ships of the Seventh Fleet operating in the Vietnam area during the Vietnam War . Servicing in particular the ships of Yankee Station , she transferred over of fuel before returning to Long Beach on 30 November 1967 . Cruising United States West Coast and Hawaiian waters for the next five months , she conducted coastal operations and exercises in preparation for departing on 11 May 1968 to serve with the Seventh Fleet through the remainder of 1968 . " Mispillion " was decommissioned on 26 July 1974 and transferred to the Military Sealift Command , where she continued in non - commissioned U . S . Navy service with a civilian crew as United States Naval Ship USNS " Mispillion " ( T - AO - 105 ) , entering service as such in 1975 . On 10 January 1982 , during a routine fuel transfer in the Indian Ocean , " Mispillion " collided with the United States Navy - contracted tanker " Texas Trader " . Both ships suffered minor damage , but no injuries were reported . " Mispillion " continued to serve with the MSC until 1994 . She was struck from the Naval Register on 15 February 1995 and her title was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration ( MARAD ) on 1 May 1999 for lay - up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay , Benicia , California . Disposal . " Mispillion " was sold for scrapping in early December 2011 and in early January 2012 was moved to Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo , California , where she was placed in drydock to be prepared for her last voyage to the scrapyard in Brownsville , Texas . She began her voyage to Brownsville on 27 January 2012 , and transited the Panama Canal from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea between 21 and 22 February 2012 . On 4 March 2012 , she arrived at ESCO Marine in Brownsville to be scrapped . She was 67 years old , had the longest life overall and longest working life of any " Cimarron " - class oiler , and was the last World War II - built oiler in existence .