SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon

SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006), (former SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (AK-3006) and USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006)), is the second ship of the Sgt. Matej Kocak-class cargo ship built in 1982.^[1] The ship is named after Private First Class Eugene A. Obregon, an American Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Korean War.^[2][3]

USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon
History
United States
Name	PFC Eugene A. Obregon
Namesake	Eugene A. Obregon
Owner	Waterman Steamship Corp. (1983–2010) Military Sealift Command (2010–2023)
Builder	Sun Shipbuilding
Launched	15 May 1982
Completed	1982
Acquired	11 February 1983
Renamed	Thomas Heyward (1983–1985)
Reclassified	from AK-3006
Stricken	21 March 2023
Identification	IMO number: 7823463 MMSI number: 367240000 Callsign: NDWB Hull number: T-AK-3006
Status	Stricken
General characteristics
Class and type	Sgt. Matej Kocak-class cargo ship
Displacement	26,125 t (25,712 long tons), light 48,754 t (47,984 long tons), full
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	1 × shaft 30,000 hp (22,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × GE Marine turbine engines 2 × boilers
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Capacity	152,236 sq. ft. vehicle 2,189 gallons petroleum 2,189 gallons water 532 TEU
Complement	34 mariners and 10 technicians
Aviation facilities	Helipad

Construction and commissioning

The ship was built in 1982 at the Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania. She was put into the service of Waterman Steamship Corp. as Thomas Heyward.^[4]

In 1985, she was acquired and chartered by the Navy under a long-term contract as SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (AK-3006). The ship underwent conversion at the National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego.^[4]

In January 2010, PFC Eugene A. Obregon was put into the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron 1, based in the Atlantic Ocean. On 14 September later that year, she arrived in the Bay of Naples.^[5]

She was later transferred to the Military Sealift Command Surge Sealift as USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006) from 1 October 2012.^[6]

Crowley Government Services Inc. was awarded $14,513,105 to maintain USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat (T-AK-3016), USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005), USNS Maj. Stephen W. Pless (T-AK-3007) and PFC Eugene A. Obregon on 29 September 2020.^[7]

On 21 March 2023, PFC Eugene A. Obregon, with the remaining two ships in the class, was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.^[1]