Maritime Prepositioning ship

Maritime Prepositioning ship
Three unidentified maritime prepositioning ships anchored off the coast of Saipan in June 2011

The 31 Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) are part of the United States Military Sealift Command's (MSC) Prepositioning Program. They are strategically positioned around the globe to support the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Defense Logistics Agency. Most are named after Medal of Honor recipients from the service they are intended to support from various wars.[1]

The MPS ships are assigned to three Maritime Prepositioning Ship squadrons located in the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean at Diego Garcia and the Western Pacific at Guam and Saipan. The MPS ships in each squadron have sufficient equipment, supplies and ammunition to support a Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force for 30 days. The MPS ships are self-sustaining, having cranes which enable them to unload their own cargo at sea or pierside.

The first two ship classes used for the MPS role (the Corporal Louis J. Hauge, Jr. and Sergeant Matej Kocak classes) were chartered by MSC from civilian shipping lines and converted for the role. Later ships were purpose-built.

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Ships

Sergeant Matej Kocak Class

PFC. Eugene A. Obregon

The Sergeant Matej Kocak Class, the second class of MPS ships chartered by MSC, also gained 157 feet (48 m) amidships and a helicopter landing platform after conversion. 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. They were previously owned by Waterman Steamship Corporation but recently sold to MSC and still operated by Waterman.

  • Builder: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, PA; General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, MA
  • Converted: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA
  • Power Plant: 2 boilers; 2 GE turbines; 30,000 hp (22 MW); 1 shaft
  • Length: 821 feet (250.2 m)
  • Beam: 105.6 feet (32.2 m)
  • Displacement: 48,754 tons (49,536 metric tons) full load
  • Cargo capacity: Containers, 532; ro-ro, 152,236 ft² (14,143 m²); JP-5 barrels, 20,290; DF-2 barrels, 12,355; Mogas barrels, 3,717; stable water, 2,189; cranes, 2 twin 50 ton and 1-30 ton gantry
  • Helicopters: platform only
  • Speed: 20 knots
  • Ships:
    • edit] 2nd Lieutenant John P. Bobo Class

      The 2nd Lieutenant John P. Bobo Class ships are new construction ships delivered to MSC in the mid-1980s from General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Mass. They were owned by American Overseas Marine (AMSEA) but have been recently sold to MSC and are still operated by AMSEA.

      • Builders: General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, MA
      • Power Plant: 2 Stork-Werkspoor 16TM410 diesels; 27,000 hp (20 MW) sustained; 1 shaft, bow *thruster; 1,000 hp (750 kW)
      • Length: 675.2 feet (205.8 m)
      • Beam: 105.5 feet (32.2 m)
      • Displacement: 44,330 tons (45,041 metric tons) full load
      • Cargo capacity: Containers, 530; ro-ro, 152,185 ft² (14,138 m²); JP-5 barrels, 20,776; DF-2 barrels, 13,334; Mogas barrels, 4,880; stable water, 2,357; cranes, 1 single and 2 twin 39 ton
      • Helicopters: platform only
      • Speed: 18 knots
      • Ships:
        • edit] Capt Steven L. Bennett Class

          SSG Edward A. Carter, Jr. Class

          • Length: 949.8 feet (289.5 m)
          • Beam: 105.9 feet (32.3 m)
          • Draft: 35 feet (11 m)
          • Displacement: 74,500 long tons
          • Speed: 18 knots
          • Civilian: 22 contract mariners
            • edit] Buffalo Soldier Class
              • Length: 670 feet (200 m)
              • Beam: 87 feet (27 m)
              • Draft: 34 feet (10 m), six inches
              • Displacement: 26,378 long tons
              • Speed: 16 knots
              • Civilian: 21 contract mariners

              Maj. Bernard F. Fisher Class

              1st Lt. Harry L. Martin Class

              • Length: 754 feet (230 m)
              • Beam: 105 feet, 10 inches
              • Draft: 35 feet, 11 inches
              • Displacement: 51,531 long tons
              • Speed: 17 knots
              • Civilian: 25 contract mariners
                • edit] LCPL Roy M. Wheat Class
                  • Length: 863 feet 2 inches
                  • Beam: 98 feet 5 inches
                  • Draft: 35 feet (11 m)
                  • Displacement: 50,570 long tons
                  • Speed: 20.5 knots
                  • Civilian: 29 contract mariners
                    • edit] LTC John U. D. Page Class
                      • Length: 949.8 feet (289.5 m)
                      • Beam: 105.9 feet (32.3 m)
                      • Draft: 35 feet (11 m)
                      • Displacement: 74,500 long tons
                      • Speed: 18 knots
                      • Civilian: 20 contract mariners

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