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

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, 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 mostly in Alameda, California, with a slight portion of it within San Francisco proper, on San Francisco Bay. NAS Alameda had two runways: 13–31 measuring and ...

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, in the

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. Some ships in the fleet were reactivated for the

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and

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. The site today is the

USS Hornet Museum The USS ''Hornet'' Sea, Air & Space 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 Apo ...

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

Ready Reserve Fleet The National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) consists of ships of the United States, mostly merchant vessels, that have been mothballed but can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping during national military emergencies, or non-mil ...

, of the Ready Reserve Force, managed by

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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 Capella (T-AKR-293) * MV Cape Orlando (T-AKR-2044) * 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 Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda United States Navy reserve fleets

Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda ships

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