USS Rio Grande (AOG-3) was aPatapsco-class gasoline tanker in service with the United States Navy from 1943–1946 and 1950–1956.

Gasoline tanker Rio Grande was laid down 30 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington; launched 23 September 1942; sponsored by Mrs. R. D. Kirkpatrick; and commissioned 10 April 1943.

After the end of World War II, she continued to operate with Service Force, Pacific Fleet until she decommissioned 28 June 1946.

In September 1952 she began seven months of service in the western Pacific, supplying gasoline and diesel oil to United Nations forces in Japan and Korea, with an occasional run to French Indochina.

Rio Grande’s Navy crew members were eligible for the following medals: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.