USS Kochab (AKS-6) was an Acubens-class general stores issue ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II.

Following the war's end, Kochab sailed to the US with returning personnel and operated along the United States West Coast before being decommissioned on 17 April 1946.

Kochab was launched on 8 March 1944, by Delta Shipbuilding Co. of New Orleans, Louisiana, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas S. Crane.

Kochab was decommissioned on 5 May, converted to a general stores supply ship by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. and recommissioned 4 November 1944.

Transferred under tow to the 12th Naval District 28 September 1947, she was turned over to the Maritime Commission 22 October and berthed with the Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California.