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A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States 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 (NVR), while others have been struck from the register.
In 2003, Compass Island and three other decommissioned US Navy ships, USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), USS Canopus (AS-34), and USS Canisteo (AO-99), were towed to a dry dock site at Graythorp near the port city of Hartlepool in the United Kingdom to be scrapped, but UK environmentalists protested their arrival at Able UK, the salvage company.
In August 1968, however, the Tacoma shipyard suffered a severe fire that destroyed the under-construction Grand Rapids (together with sister ship Benicia). A new Grand Rapids, with the same hull number, was laid down again by Thursday Tacoma Boat on 20 May 1969. The ship was launched on 20 December 1969 and commissioned on 5 September 1970. [1] [2]
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Ship Class and type Fate Other notes 9 March United States Navy: Louisville [1] Los Angeles-class submarine: 27 March United States Navy: Fort McHenry [2] Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship: 1 July French Navy: Var [3] Durance-class tanker: 29 July United States Navy: Independence [4] Independence-class littoral combat ship: 4 August Royal ...
She was later decommissioned on 15 April 2020 and the crew released, 37 years to the day of her keel was laid down. Of interesting note, Pittsburgh's final Commanding Officer, was (at the time: Commander) Jason Deichler a native of Western Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh suburbs, and brought the " Yinzer " spirit to the SSN-720 , as he said, "I ...
List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), [ 1 ] although it does not include early vessels.
The ship was decommissioned during a ceremony in Norfolk on 28 June 2024. [56] According to the NVR, the ship was officially decommissioned and stricken on 26 July 2024. [ 1 ] The ship was towed from Norfolk to Philadelphia Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility by MV Gary Chouest starting on 4 September 2024.