USS Namakagon (AOG-53) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker built for the United States Navy during World War II.

The gasoline tanker Namakagon completed her U.S. Gulf Coast shakedown and, having filled her tanks at Baytown, Texas, departed for the Pacific Ocean, 19 July 1945.

From there and from ports in Washington, she carried passengers and mixed cargo as she operated a gasoline provisioning shuttle to naval bases and stations on the coast and in the Aleutians.

Commissioned as HMNZS Endeavour (A184), an Antarctic supply ship, she delivered fuel to research bases on the seventh continent, bringing over 1 million gallons each year to McMurdo Sound alone, since 1963.

Namakagon's crew was eligible for the following medals: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.