sentences:  "Kennebago", a type T2-SE-A2 tanker hull, was built at Marinship, Sausalito, California, and launched on 9 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. W. E. Waste, the ship was commissioned by the US Navy on 4 December 1943.After an initial shakedown cruise off the west coast, "Kennebago" departed San Diego on 24 January 1944 for various bases in the Aleutians carrying fuel oil and aviation gasoline.She returned to San Diego on 28 February, loaded with fuel, and departed for the Marshall Islands.