Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda

Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda was a part of the United States Navy reserve fleets, also called a mothball fleet, that was used to store the many surplus ships after World War II. The Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda was part of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda, California, in the San Francisco Bay. Some ships in the fleet were reactivated for the Korean War and Vietnam War.^[1][2][3]

TypeReserve Fleet

Owner United States

Operator United States Navy

Coordinates37°46′21.15″N 122°18′10.23″W

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Pacific Reserve Fleet, Alameda Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda
Alameda, California, United States
Ready Reserve Force Alameda California, at former Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Alameda
Site information
Type	Reserve Fleet
Owner	United States
Operator	United States Navy
Location
Coordinates	37°46′21.15″N 122°18′10.23″W
Site history
Built	1946 (1946)
In use	Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Alameda (1946-1976) Ready Reserve Fleet (1976-)

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The site today is the USS Hornet Museum, home of the USS Hornet that opened in 1998 and, from 1976, home of the Ready Reserve Fleet, of the Ready Reserve Force, managed by United States Maritime Administration (MARAD).^[4][5][6]