USS Agawam ( AOG - 6 ) USS " Agawam " ( AOG - 6 ) was a acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet , and to remote Navy stations . The second warship to be named " Agawam " by the Navy , " AOG - 6 " was laid down on 7 September 1942 at Savage , Minnesota , by Cargill , Inc . ; launched on 6 May 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . George F . Jacobs ; and commissioned at New Orleans , Louisiana , on 18 December 1943 , Lt . John W . Foster in command . World War II service . After a period of alterations and fitting out , the gasoline tanker left Galveston , Texas , on 24 January 1944 , bound for the Pacific Ocean . She arrived at Espiritu Santo on 1 March and continued on to Tulagi . As a member of Service Squadron ( ServRon ) 8 , " Agawam " was based at that island in the Solomons for the next 10 months servicing Allied facilities located throughout the island group . Supporting the Philippine invasion . In September , " Agawam " began a 27 - day availability at Espiritu Santo and resumed her operations at Tulagi on 25 October . The gasoline tanker was detached from ServRon 8 on 28 January 1945 and got underway for Lingayen Gulf , Philippines . Upon her arrivalthere on 1 March , she was assigned to Service Force , U . S . 7th Fleet , and for the next month engaged in routine operations between Manila , Subic Bay , and Lingayen Gulf . On loan to the U . S . Army . On 1 April , " Agawam " was transferred , on loan , to the U . S . Army for the support of its land - based forces . She delivered aviation and motor gasoline to Army forces for two months in lower Lingayen Gulf and subsequently performed the same services at Manila for three months . Post - war activity . A fortnight after Japan capitulated , the tanker was ordered to Tokyo . Routed via Okinawa , she reached Yokohama on 18 September and spent the next month there fueling Army installations ashore . On 25 October , the ship reported to Shanghai , China , for fueling operations at bases located along the Huangpu River . She got underway to return to Japan on 26 November and moored at Nagasaki on the 28th . The gasoline tanker remained actively engaged in logistic support of the occupation forces in Japan through January 1946 . The ship was then returned to Navy custody and got underway on the 28th for the voyage back to the United States . Stateside overhaul . Upon her arrival at San Pedro , California , " Agawam " entered a shipyard for overhaul . Back in top shape , she sailed for Guam on 1 July and served as a station ship at that island until June 1949 . During this period she made voyages to various ports in Japan ; to Saipan ; to Iwo Jima ; to Shanghai , China ; and to Truk . Based out of Pearl Harbor . In June 1949 , " Agawam " switched her base of operations to Pearl Harbor . She carried gasoline to Alaska and various islands in the Central Pacific . On 13 November 1953 , the tanker sailed for the Philippine Islands and served in that archipelago through April 1954 . " Agawam " then returned to Pearl Harbor and continued operating from that base supporting American installations throughout the Central Pacific . On 22 November 1956 , " Agawam " left Hawaii , bound for San Diego . Inactivation and decommissioning . Upon her arrival , she began a pre - inactivation overhaul . " Agawam " was placed out of commission , in reserve , at San Diego , on 31 January 1957 . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 July 1960 , and the ship was transferred to the Maritime Administration , and she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet and laid up at Olympia , Washington . She was sold to Levin Metals in October 1975 , presumably for scrapping . Military awards and honors . " Agawam ’ s " crew was eligible for the following medals :