Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda Explained

Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda
Location:	Alameda, California, United States
Coordinates:	37.7725°N -122.3028°W
Type:	Reserve Fleet
Used:	Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Alameda (1946-1976) Ready Reserve Fleet (1976-)

thumb|right| docked in former Atlantic Reserve Fleet, AlamedaPacific 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]}

The site today is the USS Hornet Museum, home of the 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]}

Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda ships

United States Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda ships:

• GTS Adm Wm M. Callaghan (T-AKR-1001)
• MV Cape Orlando (T-AKR-2044)
• SS Gem State (T-ACS-2)
• SS Keystone State (T-ACS-1)
  • Past ships
• SS Algol (T-AKR-287)
• SS Capella (T-AKR-293)
• MV Cape Orlando (T-AKR-2044)
• SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS-3)

See also

• 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

External links

• Official page USS Hornet Museum and Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation

Notes and References

1. https://man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/ship/rrf.htm Ready Reserve Force (RRF)
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHzD1habYBo youtube.com, The Mothball Fleet
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqNKreV8KGg youtube.com The USN Mothball Fleet - Storing up for a rainy day
4. https://www.recordnet.com/story/lifestyle/travel/2014/06/29/ship-shape-warships-tall-ships/36683563007/ recordnet.com USS Hornet Museum
5. https://alamedasun.com/news/farewell-marad Farewell, MARAD?, August 20, 2020, Sun Staff Reports
6. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/february/us-sealift-fleet-rusty-tin-cans usni.org, U.S. Sealift Fleet—Rusty Tin Cans, By K. Denise Rucker Krepp, February 202