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Design MC B7-D1, 2 ships for US Army [31] World War II in the Pacific Concrete Ships [32] Concrete Ship hulks [33] 22 covered lighters (Army floating stores warehouse or BCL), 265 feet, used by Army as floating warehouses. 3 lighters used as refrigerated warehouses. 2 Army repair ships (Army repair ship or FMS). Floating Marine Repair Shop [34]
USNS Marine Fiddler (T-AK-267) - Cargo ship, WSA, agent Agwilines Inc, 31 August 1945 — 23 May 1946, laid up Suisun Bay with brief periods of maintenance until 10 December 1952 transfer to Military Sea Transportation Service. MSTS/MSC as USNS until 14 September 1973 lay up in James River, Reserve Fleet. Sold for scrap 2003. [7]
The third USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, on 28 July 1943 and launched on 20 August 1944. She was sponsored by Mrs. Fletcher Bowron and commissioned on 22 July 1945, with Captain John A. Snackenberg in command.
Twenty of the most polluting mothball ships were recycled by 2012, and another 32 by 2017. At its peak, in 1950, the NDRF had 2,277 ships in lay-up. In 2003, it had 274. In July 2007, it held 230 ships, primarily dry-cargo ships, with some tankers, military auxiliaries, and other types. In December 2021, the number of ships was down to 91. [1]
Ready Reserve Force (RRF) ships of the National Defense Reserve Fleet are owned, crewed, and maintained by the civilian United States Maritime Administration, but come under control of the Military Sealift Command when activated. The MSC Sealift Program's Surge Project Office is responsible for RRF activities.
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80), U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USCGC Forrest Rednour (WPC-1129), a U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class cutter The United States military has numerous types of watercraft, operated by the Navy, including Naval Special Warfare Command and Military Sealift Command, as well as the Coast Guard, Army and Air Force
The General Services Administration is conducting a fire sale of government real estate, ... Cheap Military Property for Sale, but Buyers Better Prepare for Battle. Ron Dicker. Updated July 14, ...
The Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach was used to store the now many surplus ships after World War II. Some ships in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach were reactivated for the Korean War and Vietnam War. At its closing the ships stored at Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach were either scrapped or moved to other reserve fleets.