docked in former Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Alameda Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda was a part of the

United States Navy reserve fleets 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 maintenance activity have changed several times, the basics are constant: keep the ships afloat and s ...

, also called a ''mothball fleet'', that was used to store the many surplus ships after

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. The Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda was part of the former

Naval Air Station Alameda Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay. NAS Alameda had two runways: 13–31 measuring and 07-25 measuring . Two helicopter pads and a control tower were ...

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. Some ships in the fleet were reactivated for the

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USS Hornet Museum The USS ''Hornet'' Museum is a museum ship, located on the southernmost pier of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda, California, US. The museum is composed of the aircraft carrier , exhibits from the NASA Apollo Moon exploration m ...

, home of the that opened in 1998 and, from 1976, home of the

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Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda ships

's Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda ships: * GTS ''Adm Wm M. Callaghan'' (T-AKR-1001) * MV ''Cape Orlando'' (T-AKR-2044) * SS ''Gem State'' (T-ACS-2) * SS ''Keystone State'' (T-ACS-1) **Past ships *

SS Algol (T-AKR-287) SS ''Algol'' (T-AKR 287) is an vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force. She was built as a high speed container ship by Rotterd ...

SS Capella (T-AKR-293) SS ''Capella'' (T-AKR 293) is an ''Algol'' class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force (RRF). She was built as a high speed con ...

MV Cape Orlando (T-AKR-2044) The MV ''Cape Orlando'' is an inactive roll-on/roll-off ship that is part of the US Ready Reserve Fleet. The ship keel was laid down on 20 February 1980 under the name MV ''Finneagle'' at Kockums Naval Solutions under contract with Finnlines. ...

* SS ''Grand Canyon State'' (T-ACS-3)

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USS ''Hornet'' Museum and Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation {{Authority control 1946 establishments in California

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Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda ships

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