SS Curtiss
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SS Curtiss is one of two Wright-class aviation logistics support ship converted for the Military Sealift Command by Todd Shipyards in 1987.
SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4) underway off Guam on 19 September 2018
The National Defense Reserve Fleet 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 nati
SS Curtiss
…without name change. The ship was turned over to MARAD in 1981. Converted and renamed SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4) on 14 May 1986, she was assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), MSC PM-5 Sealift Program Office, Logistics Prepositioning Force. On 20 August 1990, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 deployed aboard…
NDRF ships in Suisun Bay in San Francisco Bay
USS Iowa (BB-61) was in the custody of MARAD in the NDRF at Suisun Bay from 2001 to 2011.
Inactive U.S. Navy auxiliary ships in the James River near Fort Eustis in Newport News, Virginia
Mothballed ships in Suisun Bay in San Francisco Bay in 2010. The battleship USS Iowa can be seen at the far end of the first row, and the Hughes Mining Barge at the near end