The USS Waupaca (AOG-46) was a Mettawee-class gasoline tanker laid down on November 23, 1944, and launched on January 4, the following year. It was commissioned on February 9, 1945, under Lt. William G. Brown’s command with the hull number AOG-46 and it served in the US Navy for 1 year until it was decommissioned on March 26, 1946. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 62 people on board and had its main missions in Norfolk, Netherlands, West Indies, Panama, San Diego, Los Angeles, Hawaii, the Marshalls, Eniwetok, Tokyo Bay, and Yokosuka. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on May 1, 1946, and sold for scrapping to Standard-Vacuum Oil Corporation in 1946, where it was renamed MT Mei Shan and, subsequently, to Oriental Trade and Transport in 1948. In 1977, the USS Waupaca (AOG-46) was scrapped. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, asbestos was most extensively used by the U.S. Navy. As a result, Navy veterans have the military’s highest risk for developing mesothelioma. If you served onboard USS Waupaca (AOG-4) and have asbestos-related symptoms like wheezing, dry cough, respiratory complications, you may be entitled to VA benefits and compensation.
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