Obregon (T-AK-3006) (formerly SS PFC Eugene A. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005) (formerly SS Sgt.
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Displacement: 48,754 tons (49,536 metric tons) full load. Power Plant: 2 boilers 2 GE turbines 30,000 hp (22,371 kW) 1 shaft. Converted: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California. Builder: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, PA General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts. They were all part of the Waterman Line C7-S-133a Series. They were previously owned by Waterman Steamship Corporation but recently sold to MSC and now operated by Keystone Shipping Company. These ships, delivered to MSC in the mid-1980s, built at Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, and converted at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego. The Sergeant Matej Kocak class, the second class of MPS ships chartered by MSC, also gained 157 feet (48 m) amidships and a helicopter deck after conversion. and Sergeant Matej Kocak classes) from civilian shipping lines and converted them. MSC chartered the first two ship classes in the MPS role (the Corporal Louis J. The MPS ships are self-sustaining, with cranes to unload at sea or pierside. The MPS ships in each squadron have sufficient equipment, supplies and ammunition to support a Marine Air-Ground Task Force for 30 days. The ships are assigned to two Military Prepositioning Ship (MPS) squadrons located in the Indian Ocean at Diego Garcia and in the Western Pacific Ocean at Guam and Saipan. Most are named after Medal of Honor recipients from the service they support. 
There are currently 17 ships in the program, strategically positioned around the world to support the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Defense Logistics Agency. Strategic sealift ships are part of the United States Military Sealift Command's (MSC) prepositioning program. Pless anchored off the coast of Saipan in June 2011
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