{{short description|Cargo ship of the United States Navy}} {{other ships|USS Stockham|USNS Soderman}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = USNS Fred W. Stockham.jpg | image_caption =USNS Fred W. Stockham sailing to its naming in 2001. }}

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|section5={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = | type = | tonnage = | displacement =*54,298 t. (full) *32,589 t. (light) | length = {{convert|907|ft|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|106|ft|abbr=on}} | height = | draft = &nbsp; {{convert|36|ft|abbr=on}} | depth = | hold_depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = | power = {{convert|47000|hp|MW|abbr=on}}<ref name="soderman" /> | propulsion =*1 Burmeister & Wain 12L90 GFCA diesel; *1 shaft; bow and stern thrusters | speed = {{convert|22|kn|km/h}} | range = | boats = | capacity = {{convert|312461|sqft|0|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.navysite.de/ak/ak3017.htm | title= USNS ''GySgt Fred W. Stockham'' (T-AK 3017) |publisher= Navysite.de | access-date= 2008-06-09 }}</ref> | troops = | complement =*29 civilian mariners, *2 naval officers, 48 enlisted | sensors = | aircraft_facilities = helicopter platform | notes = }} }} '''USNS ''GySgt Fred W. Stockham'' (T-AK-3017)''' is a ''Shughart''-class container & roll-on roll-off support vessel in the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC).<ref name=Military1> {{cite news | url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/N00P/pressrel/press01/press24.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212212817/http://www.msc.navy.mil/N00P/pressrel/press01/press24.htm | archive-date=December 12, 2012 | title=Forgotten Marine is ship's namesake | publisher=Military Sealift Command | access-date=2008-06-02 }}</ref><ref name=Military2> {{cite news | url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=160&type=ContainerRollonRolloffShip | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212213417/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=160&type=ContainerRollonRolloffShip | archive-date=December 12, 2012 | title=Ship inventory: USNS GySgt Fred W. Stockham (T-AK 3017) | publisher=Military Sealift Command | access-date=2008-06-02 }}</ref><ref name=Military3> {{cite news | url=http://www.c7f.navy.mil/news/2007/april/24.htm | title=USNS Stockham Responds To Distress Call in Solomon Islands | author=Bill Gowdy | publisher=United States Navy | date=April 16, 2007 | access-date=2008-06-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080628230929/http://www.c7f.navy.mil/news/2007/april/24.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-06-28}}</ref> The vessel is the second Navy ship named after Marine Gunnery Sergeant Fred W. Stockham (1881–1918), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor during World War I.<ref name=Military1/>

The ship was originally built as '''MV ''Lica Maersk''''', at the Lindovaerftet shipyard, in Odense, Denmark, and delivered for commercial service with the Maersk Line circa 1980. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 11 November 1997, and converted for MSC service as a Large, Medium Speed, Roll-On/Roll-Off (LMSR) sealift ship at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), in San Diego, California.

The ship was renamed '''USNS ''Soderman'' (T-AKR-299)''' — the first Navy ship named after PFC William A. Soderman (1912–1980), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during World War II's Battle of the Bulge.<ref name="soderman">{{cite web | url= http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=1472 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060826222349/http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=1472 | url-status= dead | archive-date= August 26, 2006 | title= USNS ''Soderman'' (T-AKR 299) Named After Medal of Honor Recipient |date= October 24, 1997 |publisher= United States Department of Defense | access-date= 2008-06-09 }}</ref> ''Soderman'' was placed in service in 1998, operated by Bay Ship Management Inc. under the direction of the MSC. She was placed out of service in 2000 for conversion to an enhanced prepositioning ship. The ship was placed back in service as '''USNS ''GySgt Fred W. Stockham'' (T-AK-3017)''' on 1 March 2001. Her new namesake, Gunnery Sergeant Fred W. Stockham, USMC, was awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for heroism at the Battle of Belleau Wood in 1918. ''GySgt Fred W. Stockham'' is one of the Military Sealift Command's seventeen container & roll-on/roll-off ships, and one of the 36 ships in the Prepositioning Program. ''Stockham'' is assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Program Squadron Two which operates out of Diego Garcia.

On May 31, 2008 ''The Guardian'' reported that the human rights group Reprieve named the ''Stockham'' as one of up to sixteen US Naval vessels that may have been used to covertly hold captives.<ref name=TheGuardian20080531a> {{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/02/usa.humanrights | title=US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships | work=The Guardian | author=Duncan Campbell, Richard Norton-Taylor | date=June 2, 2008 | access-date=2008-06-01 }}</ref><ref name=TheGuardian20080531b> {{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/02/terrorism.terrorism | title=Prison ships, torture claims, and missing detainees. | work=The Guardian | author=Duncan Campbell, Richard Norton-Taylor | date=June 2, 2008 | access-date=2008-06-01 }}</ref>

On June 30, 2025 the ''Stockham'' was stricken from the naval registry, and arrived for scrapping in Brownsville, Texas under her own power.<ref>{{Cite web |last=todd |date=2025-09-24 |title=Photos: AMO Retires the USNS GySgt. Fred W. Stockham |url=https://www.amo-union.org/photos-amo-retires-the-usns-gysgt-fred-w-stockham/ |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=American Maritime Officers |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Citations== {{Reflist}}

==References== *{{cite web | url= {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=T-AK-3017}} | title= USNS ''GySgt Fred W. Stockham'' (T-AK 3017) | date= 2007-05-30 |website= Naval Vessel Register | access-date= 2008-06-09 }} *{{cite web | url= http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=160&type=ContainerRollonRolloffShip | archive-url= https://archive.today/20121212213417/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=160&type=ContainerRollonRolloffShip | archive-date= December 12, 2012 | title= USNS ''GySgt Fred W. Stockham'' (T-AK 3017) |date= October 27, 2006 | work= Container & Roll-on/Roll-off Ship | publisher= Military Sealift Command, U.S. Navy | access-date= 2008-06-09 }} *{{cite web | url= http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/13/133017.htm | title= T-AKR-299 ''Soderman'' / T-AK-3017 ''GySgt Fred W. Stockham'' | last= Priolo | first= Gary P. | date= 16 November 2007 |website=NavSource | access-date= 2008-06-09 }}

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