| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Oiler |
| Class | Ashtabula |
| Pennant | AO 59 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Sparrows Point, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 20 Mar 1942 |
| Laid down | 5 Oct 1943 |
| Launched | 28 Mar 1944 |
| Commissioned | 18 May 1944 |
| Lost | 20 Nov 1944 |
| History | USS Mississinewa (Cmdr. Philip George Beck) was sunk at Ulithi in the Caroline Islands by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo. One of five launched by the Japanse submarines I-36 and I-47 (both offsite links) |
Commands listed for USS Mississinewa (AO 59)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Philip George Beck, USNR | 18 May 1944 | 20 Nov 1944 |
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