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SS SGT Matej Kocak (AK-3005)

SGT Matej Kocak Class Maritime Prepositioning Ship:
  • Built by Sun Ship Building Co. Chester, PA. as SS John B. Waterman a Maritime Administration type (C7-S-133a) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MC hull 346)
  • Delivered to the Maritime Administration, 23 March 1983, for operation by the Waterman Steamship Corp.
  • Acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter in 1984
  • Converted by National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA.
  • Placed in service in 1984 under the direction of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as SS SGT Matej Kocak (AK-3005), operated by Waterman Steamship Corp.
  • SS SGT Matej Kocak (AK-3005) is one of the Military Sealift Command's seventeen Container & Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 36 ships in the Prepositioning Program.
  • SS SGT Matej Kocak (AK-3005) is based at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean as a member of Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Two. She carries equipment to support a US Marine Corps Expeditionary Brigade
    Specifications:
    Displacement 26,125 t.(lt) 48,754 t.(fl)
    Length 821'
    Beam 105' 6"
    Draft 33' 10" (max)
    Speed 20 kts.
    Cargo Capacity Containers, 532; ro-ro, 152,236 square feet; JP-5 bbls, 20,290; DF-2 bbls, 12,355; Mogas bbls, 3,717; stable water, 2,189; cranes, 2 twin 50 ton and 1-30 ton gantry
    Aircraft helicopter platform
    Armament none
    Complement34 civilian mariners, 10 technicians
    Propulsion 2 boilers; 2 GE turbines; 30,000 hp; 1 shaft
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    SGT Matej Kocak 59k SS SGT Matej Kocak (AK-3005) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
    SGT Matej Kocak 92k SS SGT Matej Kocak (AK-3005) moored pierside, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Global Security web site
    SGT Matej Kocak 70k SS SGT Matej Kocak (AK-3005) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Global Security web site
    SGT Matej Kocak 47k SS SGT Matej Kocak (AK-3005) at anchor, date and place unknown. US Maritime Administration
    SGT Matej Kocak 40k SS SGT Matej Kocak (AK-3005) lifting her anchors as she gets underway, date and place unknown. US Maritime Administration
    There is no DANFS history for SS SGT Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005) at NavSource
    Medal of Honor Citation for SGT Matej Kocak USA
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