 Launched on 7 September 1942, sponsored by Mrs. J. Cook; the ship was acquired by the Navy on 28 September 1942.After conversion at the Maryland Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, she was commissioned on 3 November 1942, Lieutenant Commander P. Anderson, USNR, in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.From 11 December 1942 to 25 February 1943, "Cache" carried oil from Gulf ports to Norfolk, Virginia and Argentia, Newfoundland.