Luckily she does not have much exposed equipment so exterior bulkheads and gun turrets are relatively easy to restore. We have chartered this company to take our association closer to the USS Holland AS-32 that is there in Roll K. We have gotten permission from the D.O.T to get inside the perimiter od security that they have implaced.There are some better close up pics of some of these ships atMost of the ships here and in James river are kept mothballed or for parts, not just because of the expense of disposal.Sadly, the ship I once served on is in this batch.
The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is located on the northwest side of Suisun Bay (the northern portion of the greater San Francisco Bay estuary). Of the original eight fleet sites, it is one of three that is still in operation and the only site serving the U.S. west coast. Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet (Google Maps). My Dad served on this ship and I always thought it would be cool to see it in person……Does anyone know if there are similar fleets elsewhere (beyond Beaumont and Virginia)? Ships at Suisun Bay, California. The NDRF is managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD). See the huge parking lots to the west of the fleet?
Accessed the row from the inside via HMB-1 (Hughes Mining Barge) where a Russian submarine was once hidden (K-129) and now holds the once experimental Sea Shadow inside on blocks. We decided we’d had enough and made our way into a marina at Port Chicago and tied up for the night.I always think of a question when I read the main page, and when I get here someone has already read my mind, I learn more from this site than I did from school!
My pub general knowledge increases daily – Thank you.small easter egg…if you zoom in and scroll northeast there’s a small aircraft in midflight over the water.Seems to me there were liberty ships tied up on the Columbia river on the Washington/Oregon border in the early ’70s.
During lunch I walked over and onto the Iowa to shoot some photos. What’s the dealio with them?Is is a great sight to view them on the ride down CA 680 to the Concord area.
I guess you can’t go visit any of these ships?? Most were made seaworthy then towed to Asia for scrap.
I remember one night in 1966 sailing back in a 30 foot sloop into San Pablo bay from an excursion up the San Joaquin River and we were hit with a gale of wind. Thanks!
It begins just north of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge and runs northeast, parallel to the shoreline.
That’s the Northern California terminal for cars ariving from Japan and Korea. Am I right? Former AT-2, VA-65.I grew up in Vallejo and now live in St. Louis. The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is a collection of mothballed warships near Benecia ... Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. not my site.David, The ship that are there are Condemn ships waiting disposal. They actually belong to the D.O.T. Inside they probably look like they did the day they were mothballed.Was just out there yesterday in a row of oilers where the Iowa is tied up at the outside. Hail.Also, the battleship at the end of the third row is the USS Iowa, mothballed there since 2001I wonder which ship is the USS Mauna Kea? Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. Just as we got settled on the new course across the bay heading for Port Chicago a darker shadow appeared and then it turned on its search light blinding us.
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