USS Metomkin (AG-136)

USS Metomkin (AG-136/AKL-7) was a Camano-class cargo ship constructed for the U.S. Army as USA FS-316 shortly before the end of World War II and later acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1947.

She was configured as a transport and cargo ship and was assigned to serve the World War II Trust Territories in the Pacific Ocean.

The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Metomkin (AG 136) was built by John A. Mathis Co., Camden, New Jersey, in 1944; operated by the Army as a freight supply ship in the Pacific Ocean during and after World War II; acquired by the Navy as FS-316 at Subic Bay, Luzon, 28 February 1947; renamed Metomkin 3 April 1947; and commissioned at Apra Harbor, Guam, 16 August 1947.

Following completion of conversion for Navy use, Metomkin began passenger and cargo shuttle duty in the central and western Pacific.

Metomkin continued her important logistics support duty to military bases in the Pacific until 22 June 1951 when she completed her final run from the Carolines.