Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the U.S. Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register, while others have been stricken from that Register.
The ships that have been stricken from the NVR are disposed of by one of several means, including foreign military sale transfer, ship donation as a museum or memorial, domestic dismantling and recycling, artificial reefing, or use as a target vessel. Others are retention assets for possible future reactivation, which have been laid up for long-term preservation and are maintained with minimal maintenance (humidity control, corrosion control, flood/fire watch) should they need to be recalled to active duty.
There are NISMFs in Philadelphia, PA[1], Pearl Harbor, HI and Bremerton, WA, operated by the Naval Sea Systems Command Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Offices.
In addition, parts of Norfolk Naval Shipyard and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard are designated for the storage of inactive nuclear powered vessels.
Inactive ship facilities in Suisun Bay, James River and Beaumont, Texas are owned and operated by the Maritime Administration under the Department of Transportation.
Vessels Moored at NISMFs
Following is a short list of vessels currently being stored at the facilities:
Philadelphia, PA
As of March 4, 2011:
- USS Boulder (LST-1190) - Stricken, to be disposed of[2]
- USS Canon (PG-90) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial[3]
- USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial[4]
- USS Charleston (LKA-113) - Inactive reserve
- USS Edson (DD-946) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial[5]
- USS El Paso (LKA-117) - Inactive reserve
- USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial[6]
- USNS Hayes (T-AG-195) - Stricken, to be disposed of [7]
- USS Mobile (LKA-115) - Inactive reserve
- USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170) - Inactive reserve
- USS Nashville (LPD-13) - Inactive, Out of Commission, in reserve
- USS Shreveport (LPD-12) - Stricken, to be disposed of[8]
- USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) - Stricken, to be disposed of[9]
- USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial[10]
- USS Yorktown (CG-48) - Stricken, to be disposed of[11]
- USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) - To Be Determined[12]
Beaumont, TX
Portsmouth, VA
Bremerton, WA
- USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) - Inactive reserve, out of commission[24]
- USS Ranger (CV-61) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial[25]
- USS Independence (CV-62) - Stricken, to be disposed of[26]
- USS Constellation (CV-64) - Stricken, to be disposed of[27]
- USS Long Beach (CGN-9) - Stricken, to be disposed of by recycling[28]
- USS Mississippi (CGN-40) - Stricken, to be disposed of by recycling[29]
- USS South Carolina (CGN-37) - Stricken, disposed of by recycling in 2010[30]
- USS George Philip (FFG-12) - Stricken, to be disposed of via foreign military sales[31]
- USS Sides (FFG-14) - Stricken, to be disposed of via foreign military sales[32]
- USS Triton (SSN-586) - Stricken, disposed of by submarine recycling in 2010[33]
- USS Drum (SSN-677) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling[34]
- USS Omaha (SSN-692) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling[35]
- USS Cincinnati (SSN-693) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling[36]
- USS Groton (SSN-694) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling[37]
- USS Birmingham (SSN-695) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling[38]
- USS New York City (SSN-696) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling[39]
- USS Narwhal (SSN-671) - Stricken, to be disposed of[40]
Pearl Harbor, HI
- USS Duluth (LPD-6) - Stricken, to be disposed of, retain as logistics support asset[41]
- USS Durham (LKA-114) - Inactive reserve
- USS Juneau (LPD-10) - Inactive reserve, out of commission[42]
- USS St. Louis (LKA-116) - Inactive reserve
- USS Fresno (LST-1182) - Stricken, to be disposed of[43]
- USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) - Stricken, to be disposed of[44]
- USS Racine (LST-1191) - To be scrapped
- USS Kilauea (AE-26) - Stricken, to be disposed of [45]
- USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) - Stricken, to be disposed of [46]
- USS Concord (AFS-5) - Stricken, to be disposed of [47]
- USS San Jose (AFS-7) - Stricken, to be disposed of [48]
- USS Coronado (AGF-11) - Stricken, to be disposed of [49]
- USS Ogden (LPD-5) - Stricken, to be disposed of[50]
- USS Tarawa (LHA-1) - Inactive reserve
Benicia, CA
Washington, DC
Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit, Charleston
Locale Unlisted
Ships previously held
See also
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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