SS Sgt. Matej Kocak
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Sgt. Matej Kocak |
Namesake | Matej Kocak |
Owner |
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Ordered | 21 November 1978 |
Builder | Sun Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 3 March 1980 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George B. Moran |
Christened | 25 April 1981 |
Acquired | 23 March 1983 |
Renamed | John B. Waterman (1983–1984) |
Reclassified | from AK-3005 |
Stricken | 21 March 2023 |
Identification |
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Status | Stricken |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sgt. Matej Kocak-class cargo ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 821 ft 0 in (250.24 m) |
Beam | 105 ft 6 in (32.16 m) |
Draft | 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity | |
Complement | 34 mariners and 10 technicians |
Aviation facilities | Helipad |
SS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005), (former SS Sgt. Matej Kocak (AK-3005) and USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005)), is the lead ship of the Sgt. Matej Kocak-class cargo ship built in 1981. [1] The ship is named after Sergeant Matej Kocak, an American Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor during World War I. [2]
The ship was built in 1981 at the Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania. She was put into the service of Waterman Steamship Corp. as John B. Waterman. [3] [4]
In 1984, she was acquired and chartered by the Navy under a long-term contract. The ship underwent conversion at the National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego until October 1984. [3] Later that year, put into service as SS Sgt. Matej Kocak (AK-3005). [5] Sgt. Matej Kocak was put into the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron 2, based at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to support the US Marine Corps Expeditionary Brigade. [5] [4]
She was later transferred to the Military Sealift Command Surge Sealift as USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005) from 2 October 2012. [6] At 11:30 a.m. of 22 January 2015, she ran aground approximately six nautical miles off the coast of Uruma, Okinawa. She was refloated on 3 February later that year. [7]
Crowley Government Services Inc. was awarded $14,513,105 to maintain USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat, USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon, USNS Maj. Stephen W. Pless and Sgt. Matej Kocak on 29 September 2020. [8]
On 21 March 2023, Sgt. Matej Kocak was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register [1] alone with another two ships in the class.
SS Sgt. Matej Kocak
| |
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | Sgt. Matej Kocak |
Namesake | Matej Kocak |
Owner |
|
Ordered | 21 November 1978 |
Builder | Sun Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 3 March 1980 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George B. Moran |
Christened | 25 April 1981 |
Acquired | 23 March 1983 |
Renamed | John B. Waterman (1983–1984) |
Reclassified | from AK-3005 |
Stricken | 21 March 2023 |
Identification |
|
Status | Stricken |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sgt. Matej Kocak-class cargo ship |
Displacement |
|
Length | 821 ft 0 in (250.24 m) |
Beam | 105 ft 6 in (32.16 m) |
Draft | 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) |
Installed power |
|
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity | |
Complement | 34 mariners and 10 technicians |
Aviation facilities | Helipad |
SS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005), (former SS Sgt. Matej Kocak (AK-3005) and USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005)), is the lead ship of the Sgt. Matej Kocak-class cargo ship built in 1981. [1] The ship is named after Sergeant Matej Kocak, an American Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor during World War I. [2]
The ship was built in 1981 at the Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania. She was put into the service of Waterman Steamship Corp. as John B. Waterman. [3] [4]
In 1984, she was acquired and chartered by the Navy under a long-term contract. The ship underwent conversion at the National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego until October 1984. [3] Later that year, put into service as SS Sgt. Matej Kocak (AK-3005). [5] Sgt. Matej Kocak was put into the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron 2, based at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to support the US Marine Corps Expeditionary Brigade. [5] [4]
She was later transferred to the Military Sealift Command Surge Sealift as USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005) from 2 October 2012. [6] At 11:30 a.m. of 22 January 2015, she ran aground approximately six nautical miles off the coast of Uruma, Okinawa. She was refloated on 3 February later that year. [7]
Crowley Government Services Inc. was awarded $14,513,105 to maintain USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat, USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon, USNS Maj. Stephen W. Pless and Sgt. Matej Kocak on 29 September 2020. [8]
On 21 March 2023, Sgt. Matej Kocak was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register [1] alone with another two ships in the class.