USS Nicollet
USS Nicollet was originally an acquired by the U.S. Navy shortly before the end of World War II and converted into a "Gwinnett"-class aviation stores issue ship, to carry aviation parts and spares, and to issue them to the US Pacific Fleet and activities as needed. Nicollet was named for Nicollet County, Minnesota.
Construction
Nicollet was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2153, on 9 February 1944, by the Globe Shipbuilding Company, in Superior, Wisconsin. She received her name on 25 February 1944. She was launched on 31 July 1944, as AK-199; sponsored by Mrs. F. C. Hanson. She was floated down the Mississippi River and converted for Navy use by Samuelson Shipyard, Beaumont, Texas, and Brown Shipyard, Houston, Texas; redesignated AG–93, on 12 March 1945; and commissioned 27 April.Service history
After shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, Nicollet was reclassified AVS–6, effective 25 May 1945. Steaming to the Pacific Ocean, she arrived in the forward area and was assigned to Commander, Air Forces, Subordinate Command Forward, Pacific Fleet. She operated out of Apra Harbor, Guam.Nicollet followed closely behind the invasion forces to supply newly acquired airstrips and aviation activities with spare parts and other needs. She salvaged goods, returned materials for repair and eventual re-use, and supplied aircraft carriers at sea.
At the end of hostilities, she continued to support naval and marine air groups, both carrier and land-based. In April 1946, she returned to the US West Coast, via Pearl Harbor. Following a cruise to the Gulf of Mexico, she sailed again to the western Pacific Ocean.