Where can I find a list of ships in the mothball fleets?
The US Navy and the US Maritime Administration both have “mothball” fleets in various ports. These fleets include a wide variety of naval and commercial ships, both laid up in reserve and in storage pending disposal. The US Navy mothball fleets are located at Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Portsmouth, VA; NISMF Philadelphia, PA, NISMF Bremerton, WA, and NISMF Pearl Harbor, HI. Lists of ships in the custody of these facilites can be found at the Naval Vessels Register website (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/), as follows: *For ships: http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/S_USER.HTM *For service craft: http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrservicecraft/c_user.htm Note that these lists include all ships assigned to each facility, regardless of status – in addition to ships in reserve (“mothballs”), they include many ships that simply in storage, awaiting disposal. Also, note that these lists include ships administratively assigned to these facilities, but actually berthed elsewhere, i.e. the
