USS Hilo (AGP-2) was a Hilo-class motor torpedo boat tender acquired by the United States Navy for service in World War II. This tender was responsible for providing logistics to torpedo boats in remote areas. Hilo — originally the yacht Caroline — was built in 1931 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, and was purchased by the Navy as Moana from William B. Leeds on 28 November 1941. Converted to Navy use at Craig Shipbuilding Co., Long Beach, California, she commissioned as USS Hilo (PG-58) on 11 June 1942, Lieutenant Commander F. A. Munroe in command.
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