Cargo Business Newswire

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

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U.S. Navy cargo ship stuck on reef off Okinawa

Dozens of service members have debarked the USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak, which remained grounded Monday on a reef about six miles east of Okinawa, Japan, according to military officials said.

The 821-foot cargo ship remains stuck on a reef just outside of a deep-water shipping channel, where the open ocean is separated from Nakagusuku Bay, also known as Buckner Bay. How the cargo ship ended up outside of the channel remains under

investigation, said Cmdr. Ron Flanders, the spokesman for Commander Naval Forces Japan.

The Navy’s Supervisor of Diving and Salvage, and another from the Military Sealift Command which owns Kocak, are trying to determine the best way to get the ship off the reef.

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