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Beaumont Reserve Fleet in 1947 The Beaumont Reserve Fleet , was established by act of Congress in 1946, as a component of the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). The fleet is located in Beaumont , Texas.
This is a category for ships laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet. Pages in category "Beaumont Reserve Fleet" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
The National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) consists of ships of the United States, mostly merchant vessels, that have been mothballed but can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping during national military emergencies, or non-military emergencies such as commercial shipping crises.
A similar fleet, the National Defense Reserve Fleet, is anchored in Suisun Bay near Benicia, California, and has similarly been reduced. This location is known for hosting the Glomar Explorer after its recovery of portions of Soviet submarine K-129 during the Cold War before its subsequent reactivation as a minerals exploration ship.
Cape Victory is currently located in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet in Reduced Operating Status with a crew of 10. Patriot Contract Services is the current Ship Manager. Cape Victory moved to the MARAD Reserve Fleet in Beaumont, Texas in August 2009 along with her sister ship the Cape Vincent saving the US Government approximately $1,000,000.00 per ...
The fleet included military cargo ships, troopships and tankers. [6] As of mid-2021 there are just two ships anchored in that area. Additional NDRF vessels are moored at the fleet sites at Newport News, Virginia (James River Reserve Fleet); Beaumont, Texas (Beaumont Reserve Fleet); and at designated outported berths. [citation needed]
When activated, Cape Vincent is one of the Maritime Administration's 31 roll-on/roll-off Reserve Force ships assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) Sealift Program Office. Cape Vincent is nested at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, in ROS-5 status, with a 10-man maintenance crew on board.
On 1 October 2008, she was transferred to the Ready Reserve Force, losing her "USNS" designation, and laid up at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] . In 2014 the vessel and her sister SS Regulus were relocated to the United States Maritime Administration Beaumont Reserve Fleet where they remain in ROS-120 status.