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From left to right: Independence, Kitty Hawk, Constellation and Ranger. 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 ...
The Cyclone-class patrol ships are a class of coastal patrol boats, formerly in service with the United States Navy. Most of these ships, named for weather phenomenae, were launched between 1992 and 1994. The primary mission of these ships is coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance, an important aspect of littoral operations outlined in ...
The James River Reserve Fleet consists of a small number of decommissioned U.S. Navy auxiliaries and warships anchored in Virginia 's James River near Newport News. The fleet originally comprised approximately 60 ships, most of which were gradually towed away for scrapping. From 2012 to 2016, among its few remaining vessels was MV Freedom Star ...
The Marine Protector-class patrol boat is a type of coastal patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard. The 87-foot-long (27 m) vessels are based on the Stan 2600 design by Damen Group and were built by Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana. Almost all of these boats have been delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard, which has named them after ...
The USS Detroit and USS Little Rock were decommissioned Friday. Two other Mayport LCS have been retired since August. Four more will be axed in 2025.
USS PC-457, sunk in collision 14 August 1941. USS PC-458, later PYc-49. USS PC-459, later PY-18. USS PC-460, later PYc-50. USS PC-509, later PYc-51. USS PC-510, later YP-105. USS PC-523, later YP-77. The following submarine chasers were 173/174 feet long and used the PC designation. The large missing sections of these numbers for the most part ...
Adrias (L67) (1942–1945) – The ex- HMS Border was seriously damaged by mines on October 22, 1943. Although the ship survived, it was not fully repaired and was decommissioned in 1945. Aigaion (L95) (1946–1959) – The ex- HMS Lauderdale. Astings (1946–1963) – The ex-HMS Catterick, named after Frank Abney Hastings.
Grand Rapids was decommissioned on 1 October 1977 and transferred to the Naval Sea Systems Command where she was renamed research vessel Athena II. [4] In September 2016, Athena II was stricken from the US Navy. [5] [6] In 2020 the Grand Rapids was listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $350,000. [7]