Beaumont Reserve Fleet

The Beaumont Reserve Fleet is maintained in Beaumont, Texas as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF), maintained by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), an agency of the Department of Transportation (DOT).

It is one of eight locations where mothballed shipped are maintained for use.

The location is on the Neches River which connects to the Gulf of Mexico.

[edit] Partial list of ships at Beaumont Reserve Fleet:

SS Tuskegee Victory, VC2-C-AP design, built 1945 at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland OR, later renamed the Dutton (AGS-22)
SS Furman Victory, built 1945 at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland OR, later renamed Furman (AK-280)
Magallanes, C6-S-60c design, built 1964.
ST Beaujolais, built 1954, sold for scrapping 2006
Brinton Lykes, C5-S-37f design, built 1962
Maumee, T5-S-12a design, built 1956
Pride II, stm/30k design, built 1959
Lexington, a tanker built in 1958
Pennsylvania Trader, stm/34k design, built 1963
Adonis, Dsl/80k design, built 1966
Texas Clipper I, P1-S1-DR design, built 1944
Maine, SEATRAI design, built 1944
American Explorer, T5-S-Rm2 design, built 1958
USS Tomahawk (AO-880), later renamed the Seatrain Maine, last activated for Desert Shield / Desert Storm from 1990 to 1991.
Queens (APA-103), later renamed Texas Clipper, a Texas A&M schoolship.
SS Ohio

USS Oriskany (CV-34) (sunk as an artificial reef on May 17, 2006)
SS Maritime Victory, VC2-C-AP design, built 1945 at Bethlehem Steel, Fairfield, Baltimore MD, later renamed Pvt. Frederick C. Murphy (has been moved to Brownsille, TX and awaits scrapping)