Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda
Reserve Fleet in Alameda, California From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda was a part of the United States Navy reserve fleets, also called a mothball fleet, that was used to store the many surplus ships after World War II. The Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda was part of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda, California, in the San Francisco Bay. Some ships in the fleet were reactivated for the Korean War and Vietnam War.[1][2][3]
| Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda | |
|---|---|
| Alameda, California, United States | |
 Ready Reserve Force Alameda California, at former Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Alameda | |
| Coordinates | 37°46′21.15″N 122°18′10.23″W |
| Type | Reserve Fleet |
| Site information | |
| Owner |  United States |
| Operator |  United States Navy |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1946 |
| In use | Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Alameda (1946-1976) Ready Reserve Fleet (1976-) |
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The site today is the USS Hornet Museum, home of the USS Hornet that opened in 1998 and, from 1976, home of the Ready Reserve Fleet, of the Ready Reserve Force, managed by United States Maritime Administration (MARAD).[4][5][6]
United States Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda ships:
- List of Ready Reserve Force ships
- U.S. Navy museums (and other aircraft-carrier museums)
- List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
- List of maritime museums in the United States
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