Long Beach Naval Shipyard
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The Long Beach Naval Shipyard, which closed in 1997, was located on Terminal Island between the city of Long Beach and the San Pedro district of Los Angeles, approximately 23 miles south of the Los An
Long Beach Naval Shipyard in 1993; USS Ranger can be seen in Dry Dock no. 1.
"Herman the German" (YD-171) at Long Beach NSY in 1957.
Bow of USS Kearsarge (CV-33) at Long Beach Naval Station, 1969
USS New Jersey (BB-62) with the "Herman the German" crane, circa 1982
The United States Navy maintains a number of its ships as part of a reserve fleet, often called the "Mothball Fleet". While the details of the maintenance activity have changed several times, the basi
Mothballed ships in Suisun Bay, California (2010). The battleship USS Iowa at the right-side end of the group has since become a restored museum ship in San Pedro, Los Angeles.
View of the reserve fleet laid up at Naval Station San Diego, circa in the 1950s
Ships in the US Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay in 1972
Aerial view of the US Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay in 1995