USS Ontonagon ( AOG - 36 ) USS " Ontonagon " ( AOG - 36 ) was a " Mettawee " - class gasoline tanker acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet , and to remote Navy stations . " Ontonagon " , ex MC hull 1799 , was laid down 10 May 1944 by the East Coast Ship Yard Inc . , Bayonne , New Jersey ; launched 30 June 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Riva Halpern ; and commissioned 21 September 1944 , Lt . Ralph S . Logan , USCGR , in command . World War II service . Following shakedown in Chesapeake Bay , " Ontonagon " cleared Norfolk , Virginia , for the Caribbean , whence , after taking on a petroleum cargo , she continued on to the Pacific Ocean . Pacific Ocean operations . Assigned to ServRon 8 until the spring of 1945 , she assisted in the first stages of transporting and distributing gasolines to the fleet and to forward bases from the U . S . West Coast . From ServRon 8 control , supply vessels moving west passed into the operational control of ServRon 10 for dispatch to forward units . " Ontonagon " joined that squadron 2 April at Ulithi . Scheduled to continue on to Okinawa , she refueled ships in that anchorage as her departure date was postponed . End - of - war activity . On 22 June she sailed for Okinawa . Arriving on the 29th , she remained in the Ryukyus , fueling ships at Kerama Retto , Hagushi , Naha and Buckner Bay through the end of the war and the end of the year . On 15 January 1946 , she departed Buckner Bay for the Philippines . Assigned to the Army as USAT Ontonagon . Arriving 6 days later , she operated in Manila and Subic Bay s until decommissioned , at Manila , 27 February , and transferred to the Army Transport Service as " USAT Ontonagon " . Assigned to the Navy as USNS Ontonagon ( T - AOG - 36 ) . Within a week of the outbreak of hostilities in Korea , " Ontonagon " was reacquired by the Navy for use in MSTS . Placed in service as " USNS Ontonagon " ( T - AOG - 36 ) and manned by a civil service crew , she once again plied the waters of the Pacific to keep the oil life line to a combat area open . In January 1952 she began direct support to fleet units and bases in the combat zone , maintaining that support as a shuttle ship between Japan and Korea until June 1954 . Stateside and decommissioning . Returned to the west coast in September , she was placed out of service and transferred to the Maritime Administration , at Olympia , Washington , 14 December 1954 . Struck from the Navy List 22 June 1955 , she remained a unit of the National Defense Reserve Fleet . Returned to service with MSTS . " Ontonagon " returned to Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) and was placed in service once again on 26 April 1956 . Assigned to the North Pacific Ocean , she served with MSTS until inactivated for a third time at San Francisco , California , and placed in “ ready status ” in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay , California , 25 September 1956 . Final decommissioning and scrapping . On 13 November 1957 , she was struck from the Navy List and transferred permanently to the Maritime Administration . She was scrapped in 1964 . Military awards and honors . " Ontonagon " received one battle star for service in World War II .