USS Waupaca ( AOG - 46 ) USS " Waupaca " ( AOG - 46 ) was a acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet , and to remote Navy stations . " Waupaca " was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 2072 ) on 23 November 1944 , at Bayonne , New Jersey , by the East Coast Shipyard , Inc . ; launched on 4 January 1945 ; sponsored by Miss Muriel A . Porter ; and commissioned at Marine Basin , Brooklyn , New Jersey , on 9 February 1945 , Lt . William G . Brown , USNR , in command . World War II service . " Waupaca " got underway on 7 March for Norfolk , Virginia . After conducting shakedown in Chesapeake Bay , the tanker proceeded to the Netherlands West Indies . She arrived at Aruba on 16 April and completed loading a cargo of diesel oil and aviation gasoline the following day . Underway on the 17th , she transited the Panama Canal on the 22d , en route to southern California . Pacific Ocean operations . After discharging her cargo upon arrival at San Diego , California , she underwent repairs in dry dock before she proceeded to Los Angeles , California . Soon after her arrival there , she loaded a cargo of diesel and lubricating oil , got underway for Hawaii on 22 May , and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 7 June . Assigned to Service Squadron 8 upon arrival , " Waupaca " got underway for the Marshalls on 26 June . She arrived at Eniwetok Atoll on 8 July and reported for duty with Service Division ( ServDiv ) 102 . Based at Eniwetok , the tanker fueled many types of ships — mainly amphibious craft , PC ' s , and minecraft — from 8 July through the end of hostilities in the Pacific Ocean . Sighting a floating mine . After the surrender of Japan , ServDiv 102 received orders to Tokyo Bay to fuel smaller units of the occupation forces . With a full cargo of diesel and lubricating oils , " Waupaca " got underway on 7 September , as part of Task Unit ( TU ) 30 . 9 . 21 , and proceeded for Tokyo Bay . En route , lookouts sighted a floating , drifting , horn - type mine and notified the Officer in Tactical Command ( OTC ) of TU 30 . 9 . 21 , who dispatched a patrol craft to investigate - - " PC - 825 " soon sank the navigational hazard with gunfire . End - of - war activity . " Waupaca " anchored off Yokosuka , Japan , on the 21st , and shifted alongside the damaged Japanese battleship " Nagato " on the 30th to serve as a fueling station . The tanker remained in the Tokyo Bay area into the winter and returned to San Francisco , California , on 18 January 1946 . Post - war decommissioning . Decommissioned on 26 March , " Waupaca " was struck from the Navy List on 1 May , and she was delivered to the Maritime Commission on 1 July 1946 . Purchased by the Standard - Vacuum Oil Co . , of New York City , New York , on 14 November 1946 and renamed " Mei Shan " , the tanker sailed under the Stars and Stripes until acquired by the Canadian - based firm of Oriental Trade and Transport Co . , Ltd . , in 1948 . Successively renamed " Stanvac 312 " and " Stanvac Mei Foo " , she served under the British flag until 1954 , when the Philippine subsidiary of Standard - Vacuum Oil Co . , based at Manila , purchased the ship and renamed her " Stanvac Visayas II " . In 1963 , she was acquired by Mobil Oil , Philippines , Inc . , and renamed " Mobil Visayas " ; and , in 1970 , she was sold and again renamed , this time " Lapu - Lapu Carrier " , by Del Mar Carriers , Inc . , under which name she served , under Philippine registry . Renamed " Vira " and finally " Leap Dal " in 1975 , she served until 20 November 1977 when she was sold for scrapping .