mothball Navy

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• mothball fleet — noun : an aggregate of inactivated preserved warships that can be commissioned and made ready for war in a few months; specifically : the United States Navy Reserve Fleet the entrance of the battleship … into the mothball fleet All Hands …   Useful english dictionary

• mothball fleet — Ships of the Navy taken out of service but held to await necessity for further service …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• United States Navy reserve fleets — Mothballed ships in Suisun Bay, California (2010) The United States Navy maintains a number of its ships as part of a reserve fleet, often called the Mothball Fleet . While the details of the activity have changed several times, the basics are… …   Wikipedia

• United States Navy ships — The names of commissioned ships of the United States Navy all start with USS, meaning United States Ship . Non commissioned, civilian manned vessels of the U.S. Navy have names that begin with USNS, standing for United States Naval Ship . A… …   Wikipedia

• Reserve fleet — Ghost fleet redirects here. For the fleet of sunken warships in Micronesia, see Truk Lagoon. Ships of the U.S. Navy s Reserve Fleet in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1956 …   Wikipedia

• Iowa class battleship — The Iowa class battleships were a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces that would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Four were completed in the early… …   Wikipedia

• United States Naval Gunfire Support debate — The United States Naval Gunfire Support debate (also known as the United States Naval Surface Fire Support debate) is an ongoing debate between the Navy, Marine Corps, Congress, and independent groups like the United States Naval Gunfire Support… …   Wikipedia

• USS Iowa (BB-61) — ( The Big Stick ) was the lead ship of her class of battleship, and was the fourth ship of in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. Iowa is the only ship of the class to have served a combat tour in the Atlantic Ocean… …   Wikipedia

• USS New Jersey (BB-62) — USS New Jersey (BB 62), ( Big J or Black Dragon ) is an . New Jersey s next war cruise, 13 April–4 May 1944, began and ended at Majuro. She screened the carrier striking force which gave air support to the invasion of Aitape, Tanahmerah Bay and… …   Wikipedia

• USS Wisconsin (BB-64) — ( Wisky or WisKy ) is an Sclass|Iowa|battleship, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. She was built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and launched on 7… …   Wikipedia

• National Defense Reserve Fleet — NDRF ships at Suisun Bay, California The National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) consists of mothballed ships, mostly merchant vessels, that can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping for the United States of America during national …   Wikipedia