USS Ammonusuc ( AOG - 23 ) USS " Ammonusuc " ( AOG - 23 ) 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 . " Ammonusuc " was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 1520 ) on 23 November 1943 at Bayonne , New Jersey , by the East Coast Shipyard , Inc . ; launched on 25 March 1944 ; sponsored by Miss Helen T . Clark ; acquired by the Navy on a loan charter basis on 18 May 1944 ; and commissioned on 19 May 1944 , Lt . ( jg . ) Lester F . Baker , USCG , in command . World War II service . The new gasoline tanker was fitted out at the New York Navy Yard , Brooklyn , New York , and sailed on 11 August for Norfolk , Virginia , where she underwent a period of availability . The vessel returned to New York City on 5 September to take on a cargo of aviation gasoline and diesel oil and got underway in a convoy bound for Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . The ships weathered a hurricane before reaching Cuban waters safely on 17 September . Four days later , the tanker headed for the Panama Canal Zone ; and she reached Coco Solo on the 25th . After discharging her cargo , she transited the Panama Canal and reported for duty to Squadron 8 , Service Force , Pacific Fleet . She sailed for San Diego , California , and arrived at that port on 12 October . After minor voyage repairs , the tanker shaped a course for Hawaii . Pacific Ocean operations . " Ammonusuc " arrived at Pearl Harbor on 6 November and , shortly thereafter , made a voyage to Johnston Island to carry several thousand barrels of aviation gasoline to facilities ashore there . She unloaded the cargo at Johnston Island and then returned to Hawaii in December . On the last day of 1944 , the tanker sailed in a convoy for the Mariana Islands . Following stops at Kwajalein and Eniwetok , the tanker reached Saipan on 11 February 1945 . During the next seven months , she shuttled between Saipan and Iwo Jima delivering fuel oil and aviation gasoline in support of U . S . Army Air Force operations on that island . Post - war activity . Following the end of the fighting in mid - August , " Ammonusuc " carried medical supplies and other stores to working parties at Chichi Jima . She arrived back at Saipan on 8 January 1946 . After repair work , she got underway for the west coast of the United States and reached San Francisco , California , on 8 March . The vessel then entered the shipyard at Colbert Boat Works , Stockton , California , for further repairs . Upon the completion of dock trials , she departed San Francisco Bay on 17 April in a convoy bound for the Panama Canal Zone . " Ammonusuc " arrived at Balboa on 5 May , retransited the Panama Canal , and steamed independently toward New Orleans , Louisiana . She reached that port on 14 May and transferred her ammunition and stores ashore to the naval ammunition depot . Decommissioning . After a period of final preparations , " Ammonusuc " was decommissioned at New Orleans on 4 June 1946 , and her name was struck from the Navy list on 23 April 1947 . The ship was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 9 March 1948 , was sold later that same year , and was refitted for service as a merchant vessel . Final disposition : fate unknown .