National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay

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reserve fleet ship anchorage

The National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay is a U.S. government anchorage in California that stores decommissioned and reserve merchant and military ships for potential future national defense and emergency use.

Aliases (2)

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	reserve fleet → ship anchorage →
administeredBy	Maritime Administration → United States Department of Transportation →
alsoKnownAs	Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet → Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet →
bodyOfWater	Suisun Bay →
category	maritime infrastructure → military logistics facility →
country	United States →
environmentalRegulation	subject to U.S. environmental laws →
establishedBy	United States Maritime Commission →
function	mothball fleet anchorage →
governingBody	United States Maritime Administration →
jurisdiction	United States federal law →
locatedIn	San Francisco Bay Area → Solano County, California NERFINISHED → Suisun Bay →
nearCity	Benicia, California → Martinez, California → Vallejo, California →
operator	United States Maritime Administration →
ownedBy	United States federal government →
partOf	National Defense Reserve Fleet → United States strategic sealift capability →
purpose	reserve for national defense emergencies → reserve for national emergencies → storage of decommissioned merchant ships → storage of decommissioned military ships →
region	Northern California →
security	restricted access facility →
state	California →
strategicRole	backup shipping capacity in national emergencies → backup shipping capacity in wartime →
typeOfUse	non-operational ship lay-up →
usedFor	storage of obsolete vessels pending disposal → storage of reserve sealift vessels →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay ("Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet") → National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay ("Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet") →	alsoKnownAs
Suisun Bay ("Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet") →	hasAnchorage
SS Jeremiah O’Brien →	laidUpAt
National Defense Reserve Fleet ("Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet") →	location