SS Sgt. Matej Kocak
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] Construction and commissioningThe 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. References Wikimedia Commons has media related to USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005).
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