NCMSysop: updated ship names section

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updated ship names section

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	SGT Matej Kocak Class Maritime Prepositioning Ship<br/>		SGT Matej Kocak Class Maritime Prepositioning Ship<br/>
	Built ~~as "SS John~~ B. ~~Waterman"~~<br/>		Built in 1981 at the Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania.<br/><br/>
	~~Delivered to the Maritime Administration March 23 1983~~<br/>		<li>'''JOHN B. WATERMAN''' (Commercial Service)</li>
			Owned and operated by Waterman Steamship Corp<br/>
	Acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter in 1984 and renamed<br/><br/>		Acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter in 1984 and renamed<br/><br/>
	<li>'''~~USNS~~ SGT. MATEJ KOCAK T-AK 3005'''<br/>Placed in service in 1984		<li>'''SGT. MATEJ KOCAK AK-3005'''</li>
			Placed in service in 1984<br/><br/>
			<li>'''USNS SGT. MATEJ KOCAK T-AK-3005'''</li>
			Transferred to the Military Sealift Command 2 October 2012<br/>
			Stricken 21 March 2023<br/><br/>
			Fate unknown
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	<h3>Naval Covers</h3>		<h3>Naval Covers</h3>

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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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SGT Matej Kocak Class Maritime Prepositioning Ship<br/>
Built as "SS John B. Waterman"<br/>
Delivered to the Maritime Administration March 23 1983<br/>
Acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter in 1984 and renamed<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS SGT. MATEJ KOCAK T-AK 3005'''<br/>Placed in service in 1984
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner).
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li> Covers Page 1     (1986)</li>
</ol>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set,
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+)<br/>(D1,USS)<br/><br/>[[HARRY_E_YARNELL_CG_17_ | USS Harry E. Yarnell<br/>CG 17]]
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1986-02-19
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_SgtMatejKocak_TAK3005_19860219_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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Welcome To Norfolk, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Sergeant Matej Kocak, USMC (December 3, 1882 - October 4, 1918)<br/>    Matej Kocak was born in Egbell, Kingdom of Hungary (today Gbely, Slovakia), in 1882. He emigrated to the United States in 1906, and on October 16, 1907, enlisted in the Marine Corps in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began his 11-year Marine Corps career at Marine Barracks, League Island, Pennsylvania. He was discharged on October 16, 1911, at the expiration of his first enlistment but reenlisted in New York City on December 26, 1911 and was assigned to the Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York, for duty. For some time he lived in Binghamton, New York, where large Slovak community used to live. He was member of Slovak Catholic Sokol in this town.<br/>    During his second enlistment, he served with the U.S. Army at Verz Cruz, Mexico, from April 30, to November 23, 1914. His enlistment ended on December 25, 1915, at Marine Barracks, New York, New York, but he again reenlisted and transferred to Marine Barracks, Naval Station, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br/>    The following year, he was ashore in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where he participated in skirmishes with native bandits in Las Canitas, Azua Province, Dominican Republic. Appointed to the rank of corporal March 23, 1917, he then returned to the United States where he joined the 12th Company at Quantico, Virginia.<br/>    By December 31, 1917, he was again overseas, this time at St. Nazaire, France. The following January 23, 1918, he joined the 66th Company, 5th Regiment, and on June 1, 1918, was promoted to sergeant and then took part in the attack against the enemy in Bois De Belleau Bouresches sector northwest of Chateau Thierry, France. On July 18, 1918, he participated in the attack at Villers Cotteret Wood south of Soissons, France, and it was on this day he performed the act of heroism for which he was posthumously awarded both the '''Army and the Navy Medal of Honor'''.<br/>    October 4, 1918, found him taking part in the Allied drive against the enemy in the Argonne Forest between the Moselle and Forest of Argonne in the vicinity of Blanchmont in Champagne, France, and in the attack against the enemy in the St. Mihiel sector in the vicinity of Thiaucourt, France. He was killed in action on October 4, 1918, and is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.



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SGT MATEJ KOCAK T-AK 3005 - Revision history

NCMSysop: updated ship names section

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