USS Ocelot ( IX - 110 ) USS " Ocelot " ( IX – 110 ) was an unclassified miscellaneous vessel of the United States Navy , which served as the flagship of Service Squadron 10 in the Pacific War from late 1944 , until she was wrecked in a typhoon in late 1945 . Service history . As cargo ship . The wooden - hulled vessel was built in 1918 – 19 as the " Yomachichi " by the Oscar Daniels Shipbuilding Company of Tampa , Florida for the United States Shipping Board . Originally fitted with vertical triple expansion steam engines , she was re - equipped with diesel engines in 1926 – 27 . On 11 March 1940 the ship was chartered to the United States Lines by the War Shipping Administration ( WSA ) at Baltimore , Maryland . In United States Navy . On 16 September 1943 CinCPac requested a barracks ship to accommodate 50 officers and 800 men for use at an advanced base , and the WSA nominated the motor ship " Yomachichi " , then under repair at Baltimore , as suitable for the purpose . The ship was accepted by the Navy under a bareboat charter from the WSA on 2 October 1943 . Commissioned as " Ocelot " on 15 January 1944 , with Lt . Milton S . Samuels in command , the conversion work was completed on 22 January 1944 , but problems with the main engine meant that she did not report for shakedown until early May . " Ocelot " transited the Panama Canal and , following a brief stop in San Diego , arrived at Pearl Harbor to undergo conversion to flagship for Service Squadron 10 . The ship was fitted with extensive radio and visual signaling equipment , with radio and coding rooms in the superstructure , and berths for the squadron commander , staff officers , and enlisted men below . The conversion was completed in October , and " Ocelot " sailed via Eniwetok for Ulithi where she spent the next six months providing an administrative post at the advanced base . The movement of American forces closer to Japan necessitated advancing support elements as well , and on 24 May 1945 " Ocelot " shifted to San Pedro Bay , Leyte On 13 September " Ocelot " again moved , to Buckner Bay , Okinawa . Shortly after her arrival there , on 19 September 1945 Typhoon Ida struck . Loss and disposal . " Ocelot " was involved in a series of collisions with other vessels ; the barge " YF - 1079 " , the stores ship , the landing ship medium " LSM - 39 " , and the victory ship SS " Pratt Victory " , before she attempted to move into the safer waters of the open sea . However she grounded on a reef , where she was then struck by the merchant ship SS " Victor H . Oulanhan " . Rapidly taking on water , the crew formed a bucket line , and bailed continuously for six hours . After attempts by tugs to refloat her failed , the ship was abandoned . She was eventually refloated , but on 9 October during Typhoon Louise she was struck by the repair ship , which severed her stern section . Stripped of salvageable items , she was abandoned on 29 October , decommissioned on 6 December , and was struck from the Navy List on 3 January 1946 . " Ocelot " was returned to the custody of the WSA on 5 April 1946 and her hulk was sold by the Maritime Commission , along with seven other wrecks and five civilian liberty ship s , to China Merchants and Engineers , Inc . for scrapping on 19 February 1948 .