The "Mothball Fleet" is about a mile off the coast of Suisan Bay, a body of water Northeast of San Francisco near the town of Benicia. Amy Heiden Many of the ships were former military vessels.

The National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) is often deemed part of the mothball fleet, and it boasted 2,077 vessels in 1950. These numbers fell to 274 by 2003 and plummeted again to 91 by 2021.

The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is a place for the Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine to park ships that are taken out of service, but might one day be needed again — kind of like putting those ...

The National Defense Reserve Fleet program started in 1946 at the end of World War II. At the time the Navy had a huge surplus of vessels from the war, and Suisun Bay became one of eight places ...

In a few years, every ghost ship from the Mothball Fleet will be gone. The federal Maritime Administration has pledged to remove the last of the outdated ships by September 30, 2017, and is ...

MOTHBALL_0090_KW.JPG On Wednesday June 27, 2007, after a report stating that the old naval reserve ships or Mothball fleet stored in Suisun Bay in Benicia is deteriorating and leaking toxic ...

BENICIA — A fleet of old, rotting warships shedding toxic paint into San Francisco Bay area waters will be cleaned up and recycled under a new plan announced by federal officials Thursday ...

A mothball fleet at parade rust; Ships: The deteriorating hulks on Virginia’s James River supply parts, equipment and machinery for the restoration of a Liberty ship in Baltimore.

The National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) is often deemed part of the mothball fleet, and it boasted 2,077 vessels in 1950. These numbers fell to 274 by 2003 and plummeted again to 91 by 2021.

The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is a place for the Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine to park ships that are taken out of service, but might one day be needed again — kind of like putting those ...