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USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Alpha - Oscar NEAO

SGT Matej Kocak Class Maritime Prepositioning Ship:

Built by Sun Ship Building Co. Chester, PA. as SS Thomas Heyward a Maritime Administration type (C7-S-133a) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MC hull 347)

Delivered to the Maritime Administration, 11 February 1983 for operation by the Waterman Steamship Corp.

Acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter in 1985

Converted by National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA.

Placed in service in 1985 under the direction of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (AK-3006), operated by Waterman Steamship Corp.

Purchased by the Military Sealift Command in January 2010, renamed USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006)

USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006) 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.

USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006) is assigned to the European area, Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron One

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 two twin 50 ton and one 30 ton gantry
Aircraft helicopter platform
Armament none
Complement26 civilian mariners
Propulsion 2 boilers; 2 GE turbines; 30,000 hp; 1 shaft

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (AK-3006) - MSC Charter
	43k	*SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon* (AK-3006)** at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	54k	*SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon* (AK-3006)** at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	US Navy
	1052k	*SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon* (AK 3006) at anchor off Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, 30 March 1988, during Ocean Venture 88. Note YFU-83** in the foreground. DOD photo DM-ST-90-10214.	LCDR Orlando Gallardo, Jr.
USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006)
	585k	*USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon* (T-AK-3006)** at anchor at Palma de Mallorca, 17 July 2010.	Photo by Jose A. Rodriguez
	811k	*USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon* (T-AK-3006)** at anchor off the coast of the Isle of Rhodes, 3 October 2010.	Photos by Hasko Schmidt

There is no DANFS history for USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006) available at NavSource

Private First Class Eugene A. Obregon United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor Citation

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