USS Rendova
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USS Rendova was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an improvement over the earlier Sangamon class, w
USS Rendova (CVE-114) circa 1953
Overhead view of Rendova in 1952
Rendova stopping in Gibraltar on her way to Turkey in 1948
A Vought F4U Corsair of VMF-212 aboard Rendova, 1951
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
USS Rendova
…sailed to Bremerton, Washington, in October, for an overhaul in preparation to being decommissioned on 27 January 1950. She was then assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Following the North Korean invasion of South Korea in June 1950, which initiated the Korean War, Rendova was recommissioned on 3 January 1951. The…
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