Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk was a part of the United States Navy reserve fleets, also called a mothball fleet, and was used to store the many surplus ships after World War II. The Atlantic Reserve
Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk, South Gate Annex
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) in 1963 at Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk
USS Albany (CG-10) laid up at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 1983
A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in
Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk
…in October 1950. South Gate Annex Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is at the former Atlantic Reserve Fleet site. The South Gate Annex Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility is used as temporary storage of inactivated nuclear-powered ships, with the fuel removed. James River Reserve Fleet…
Philadelphia NISMF in 1955
Philadelphia NISMF in 1995
Ships laid up at Philadelphia NISMF in 2017.
The mothball fleet at Bremerton, Washington, in 1974