United States Ready Reserve Force

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naval auxiliary fleet sealift fleet

The United States Ready Reserve Force is a fleet of government-owned, commercially operated cargo ships maintained in a high state of readiness to provide rapid sealift support for U.S. military and humanitarian operations during national emergencies.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ready Reserve Force	2
Ready Reserve	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	naval auxiliary fleet ⓘ sealift fleet ⓘ
abbreviation	RRF ⓘ
activationTime	some ships within 4 to 5 days ⓘ usually within 5 to 10 days ⓘ
basedIn	United States ports ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewSource	U.S. merchant marine ⓘ civilian mariners ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasShipType	RO/RO ship ⓘ auxiliary crane ship ⓘ barge carrier ⓘ breakbulk cargo ship ⓘ containership ⓘ heavy-lift ship ⓘ roll-on/roll-off ship ⓘ
legalFramework	National Defense Reserve Fleet ⓘ surface form: National Defense Reserve Fleet program
maintainedAs	high state of readiness ⓘ
managedBy	commercial ship managers under contract ⓘ
mission	ensure rapid deployment of U.S. armed forces overseas ⓘ provide surge sealift capacity ⓘ support contingency operations ⓘ
operatedBy	Maritime Administration ⓘ surface form: MARAD Maritime Administration ⓘ surface form: United States Maritime Administration
operationalStatus	government-owned, commercially operated ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
partOf	National Defense Reserve Fleet ⓘ United States strategic sealift capability ⓘ
purpose	rapid sealift support ⓘ support during national emergencies ⓘ support for U.S. military operations ⓘ support for humanitarian operations ⓘ
role	augmentation of commercial sealift ⓘ prepositioning of military equipment ⓘ transport of combat service support equipment ⓘ transport of combat support equipment ⓘ
supervisedBy	Maritime Administration ⓘ surface form: Maritime Administration (MARAD) United States Department of Transportation ⓘ
supports	Military Sealift Command ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense U.S. Transportation Command ⓘ surface form: United States Transportation Command
usedIn	Operation Desert Shield ⓘ Operation Desert Storm ⓘ Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom disaster response missions ⓘ humanitarian relief operations ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Defense Reserve Fleet → hasComponent → United States Ready Reserve Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ready Reserve Force

Maritime Administration → responsibleFor → United States Ready Reserve Force ⓘ

Selected Reserve → subclassOf → United States Ready Reserve Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ready Reserve

United States merchant marine → supportsProgram → United States Ready Reserve Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ready Reserve Force