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, Pearl Harbor, HI and Bremerton, WA, operated by the Naval Sea Systems Command's Inactive Ships Management Office (INACTSHIPOFF) in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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

Philadelphia NISMF in 1955.

Philadelphia NISMF in 1995.

The mothball fleet at Bremerton, Washington, in 1974.

View of the ships in the Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 2000.

As of March 4, 2011:

• USS Boulder (LST-1190) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Canon (PG-90) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS Charleston (LKA-113) - Inactive, out of commission, in reserve
• USS Doyle (FFG-39) - Stricken, to be disposed of by the Security Assistance Program, for cash sale
• USS Edson (DD-946) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS El Paso (LKA-117) - Inactive, out of commission, in reserve
• USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USNS Hayes (T-AG-195) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) - To Be Determined
• USS Mobile (LKA-115) - Inactive, out of commission, in reserve
• USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170) - Inactive, out of service, in reserve
• USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34) - Inactive, out of service, in reserve
• USS Nashville (LPD-13) - Inactive, out of commission, in reserve
• USS Shreveport (LPD-12) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS Yorktown (CG-48) - Stricken, to be disposed of

Beaumont, TX

• USS Cormorant (MHC-57) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Oriole (MHC-55) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Osprey (MHC-51) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Robin (MHC-54) - Stricken, to be disposed of

Portsmouth, VA

• USS Black Hawk (MHC-58) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Falcon (MHC-59) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS McKee (AS-41) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Shrike (MHC-62) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Simon Lake (AS-33) - Stricken, to be disposed of

Bremerton, WA

• USS Birmingham (SSN-695) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Cincinnati (SSN-693) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Constellation (CV-64) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Drum (SSN-677) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS George Philip (FFG-12) - Stricken, to be disposed of via foreign military sales
• USS Groton (SSN-694) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Independence (CV-62) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) - Inactive reserve, out of commission
• USS Long Beach (CGN-9) - Stricken, to be disposed of by recycling
• USS Mississippi (CGN-40) - Stricken, to be disposed of by recycling
• USS Narwhal (SSN-671) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS New York City (SSN-696) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Omaha (SSN-692) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Ranger (CV-61) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS Sides (FFG-14) - Stricken, to be disposed of via foreign military sales
• USS South Carolina (CGN-37) - Stricken, disposed of by recycling in 2010
• USS Triton (SSN-586) - Stricken, disposed of by submarine recycling in 2010

Pearl Harbor, HI

• USS Concord (AFS-5) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Coronado (AGF-11) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Duluth (LPD-6) - Stricken, to be disposed of, retain as logistics support asset
• USS Durham (LKA-114) - Inactive, out of commission, in reserve
• USS Fresno (LST-1182) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Juneau (LPD-10) - Inactive reserve, out of commission
• USS Kilauea (AE-26) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Ogden (LPD-5) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Racine (LST-1191) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS San Jose (AFS-7) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS St. Louis (LKA-116) - Inactive, out of commission, in reserve
• USS Tarawa (LHA-1) - Inactive reserve^{[citation needed]}
• USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) - Stricken, to be disposed of

Benicia, CA

Main article: Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet

• USS Iowa (BB-61) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USNS Triumph (T-AGOS-4) - Stricken, to be disposed of

Washington, DC

• USS Barry (DD-933) - Stricken, retained by Navy as museum

Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit, Charleston

• USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) - Stricken, to be disposed of, retain as submarine moored training ship
• USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) - Stricken, to be disposed of, retain as submarine moored training ship

Locale Unlisted

• USS Nautilus (SSN-571) - Stricken, retained by Navy as museum - currently berthed Naval Submarine Base; Groton, CT

Ships previously held

• USNS Able (T-AGOS-20) - Military Sealift Command, Special Mission Ships
• USS America (CV-66) - Used as a live-fire and evaluation platform, sunk in a controlled scuttle on 14 May 2005
• USS Austin (LPD-4) - International Shipbreaking Ltd, Brownsville, TX - Scrapping completed: 2010-09-10
• USS Conolly (DD-979) - Sunk as a target on 29 April 2009 as part of a joint fleet exercise
• USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40) - Being scrapped
• USS O'Bannon (DD-987) - Sunk as training target on 6 October 2008
• USS Puget Sound (AD-38) - Esco Marine, Brownsville, Texas - Scrapping completed: 2009-03-03
• USS Saipan (LHA-2) - Being scrapped
• USS Trout (SS-566) - Esco Marine, Brownsville, Texas - Scrapping completed: 2009-02-27

See also

• National Defense Reserve Fleet

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

External links

• U.S. Navy Inactive Ships Program Office
• Official List of Inactive U.S. Navy Ships
• Official List of Stricken U.S. Navy Ships
• NavSource Online