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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.
NDRF ships in Suisun Bay in San Francisco Bay. 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.
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 Ready Reserve is a U.S. Department of Defense program which maintains a pool of trained service members that may be recalled to active duty should the need arise. It is composed of service members that are contracted to serve in the Ready Reserve for a specified period of time as a reservist or in active duty status.
This category is for ships in United States Army service. Subcategories. This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total. * Transport ...
The command is a modular organization tailored to meet specific requirements of the theater. It will command one or more sustainment commands. When serving in a joint environment where the army is the dominant service, the TSC could provide core elements of a single, joint logistics command and control capability. [1]
Within the Military Sealift Command, the ships serve as part of the Ready Reserve Force. Five crane ships were deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1990 and 1991, while a single example served as a temporary Army prepositioning ship in 1994. Four crane ships were transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet on 28 July 2006.