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Registration. Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is part of National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF), owned and operated by U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD). Created by Act of 1946 merchant ships, NDRF serves as a reserve that could be activated to meet the needs of navigation during national emergencies. During the Second World War, more than 3,000 types of commercial vessels were built by the JMC in support of the Alliance of war. After the war, the ships could not be absorbed into commercial service until they sat in the reserve, which must be preserved and used in the future as required.

In his gaze, 2277 vessels were waiting to NDRF eight sites across the country. In the 1950s, these sites have been grouped into three sites: James River, VA, Beaumont, TX, and here in Suisun Bay.

A component Ready Reserve Fleet was established in 1976 as a subset of the NDRF to provide rapid deployment of equipment and is known as the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) in 1984.

In addition to the Second World War, supported the requirement NDRF vessels transport of emergency in seven wars and crises. As the Korean War, 540 vessels were broken in support of the army. World tonnage deficit in 1951 - 1953 requires more than 600 vessels to be reactivated to lift coal to Europe. From 1955 - 1964, 600 vessels of another is used to store grain for the Department of Agriculture. Another deficit volume following the closure of the Suez Canal in 1956 saw 223 cargo ships and 29 tankers from the NDRF activated. In 1961, the Berlin Crisis of 18 vessels were activated, while 172 ships were activated by the Vietnam conflict.

The fleet is composed of the former commercial freighters, tankers in the vessels of the United States Navy and inactive. Over the years mothball the fleet here in Suisun Bay, included a famous and infamous Wednesday crafts, such as the freedom to ship Jeremiah O’Brien. The Glomar Explorer, built for the CIA in 1974 by Howard Hughes, cruisers and Navy.

Ships in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet are organized in different states of conservation, maintenance carried out by the civilian fleet reserve, with the effective and efficient methods.

• dehumidification equipment is used to preserve the vessel. Cathodic protection preserved under the hull.

• regular painting of foreign vessels above the water line was interrupted, as primarily cosmetic.

• A section of the NDRF, the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) ships, was subjected to more intensive maintenance of ships and systems for handling cargo. With this maintenance and throwing techniques, RRF ships can be reactivated in just five days.

• The ships are scrapped at

no longer considered useful, with the sale of scrap metal used for the maintenance of NDRF.

The Coast Guard uses for these ships to train crews for the fight against fire and oil spill response equipment. Marines from across the practice of butterfly aggression comes with the craft and helicopters.

In addition to these benefits, these vessels provide protection ideal for Sturgeon Bay, steel and heads of Chinook salmon.

Location. 5227 ° 38 ‘N, 122 ° 6782′ W. Marker is in Benicia, California in Solano County. Scoreboard can be reached by road from Lopes just east of Lake Herman Road. Click on the map. Marker is in the view of the south side of the road Lopes. Marker is in this part of the post office: Benicia CA 94510, USA.

Other markers nearby. At least 1 is another marker within 7 miles of this marker in a straight line. The Old Homestead (approx. 6.3 km).