Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility

A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the U.S. 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 Vessel Register, while others have been stricken from that Register.

The ships that have been stricken from the NVR are disposed of by one of several means, including foreign military sale transfer, ship donation as a museum or memorial, domestic dismantling and recycling, artificial reefing, or use as a target vessel. Others are retention assets for possible future reactivation, which have been laid up for long-term preservation and are maintained with minimal maintenance (humidity control, corrosion control, flood/fire watch) should they need to be recalled to active duty.

There are NISMFs in Philadelphia, PA, Pearl Harbor, HI and Bremerton, WA, operated by the Naval Sea Systems Command Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Offices.

In addition, parts of Norfolk Naval Shipyard and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard are designated for the storage of inactive nuclear powered vessels.

Inactive ship facilities in Suisun Bay, James River and Beaumont, Texas are owned and operated by the Maritime Administration under the Department of Transportation.

Vessels Moored at NISMFs

Following is a short list of vessels currently being stored at the facilities:

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia NISMF in 1955.

Philadelphia NISMF in 1995.

The mothball fleet at Bremerton, Washington, in 1974.

View of the ships in the Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 2000.

As of July 3, 2009:

• USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968) - Stricken, to be disposed of as artificial reef
• USS Austin (LPD-4) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Boulder (LST-1190) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Canon (PG-90) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS Charleston (LKA-113) - Inactive reserve
• USS Edson (DD-946) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS El Paso (LKA-117) - Inactive reserve
• USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USNS Hayes (T-AG-195) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Mobile (LKA-115) - Inactive reserve
• USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170) - Inactive reserve
• USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) - Inactive reserve*
• USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) - Inactive, out of commission
• USS Saipan (LHA-2) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Shreveport (LPD-12) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) - Stricken, to be disposed of as Target 6 May 2009 off VACAPES by USS Hué City (CG 66).
• USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS Yorktown (CG-48) - Stricken, to be disposed of

Beaumont, TX

• USS Osprey (MHC-51) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Robin (MHC-54) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Oriole (MHC-55) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Cormorant (MHC-57) - Stricken, to be disposed of

Portsmouth, VA

• USS Simon Lake (AS-33) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS McKee (AS-41) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Black Hawk (MHC-58) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Falcon (MHC-59) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Shrike (MHC-62) - Stricken, to be disposed of

Bremerton, WA

• USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) - Inactive reserve, out of commission
• USS Ranger (CV-61) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial
• USS Independence (CV-62) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Constellation (CV-64) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Vincennes (CG-49) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Long Beach (CGN-9) - Stricken, to be disposed of by recycling
• USS Mississippi (CGN-40) - Stricken, to be disposed of by recycling
• USS South Carolina (CGN-37) - Stricken, disposed of by recycling in 2010
• USS George Philip (FFG-12) - Stricken, to be disposed of via foreign military sales
• USS Sides (FFG-14) - Stricken, to be disposed of via foreign military sales
• USS Triton (SSN-586) - Stricken, disposed of by submarine recycling in 2010
• USS Drum (SSN-677) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Omaha (SSN-692) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Cincinnati (SSN-693) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Groton (SSN-694) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Birmingham (SSN-695) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling

Pearl Harbor, HI

• USS Anchorage (LSD-36) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Acadia (AD-42) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USNS Wyman (T-AGS-34) - Scrapped
• USS Duluth (LPD-6) - Stricken, to be disposed of, retain as logistics support asset
• USS Durham (LKA-114) - Inactive reserve
• USS Juneau (LPD-10) - Inactive reserve, out of commission
• USS St. Louis (LKA-116) - Inactive reserve
• USS Fresno (LST-1182) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Racine (LST-1191) - To be scrapped
• USS Kilauea (AE-26) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS New Orleans (LPH-11) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Coronado (AGF-11) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Ogden (LPD-5) - Stricken, to be disposed of

Benicia, CA

• USNS Triumph (T-AGOS-4) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS Iowa (BB-61) - Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial

Washington, DC

• USS Barry (DD-933) - Stricken, retained by Navy as museum

Locale Unlisted

• USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) - Stricken, to be disposed of, retain as submarine moored training ship
• USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) - Stricken, to be disposed of, retain as submarine moored training ship
• USS Nautilus (SSN-571) - Stricken, retained by Navy as museum - currently berthed Naval Submarine Base; Groton, CT
• USS Narwhal (SSN-671) - Stricken, to be disposed of
• USS New York City (SSN-696) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
• USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) - Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling

Ships previously held

• USNS Able (T-AGOS-20) - Reactivated
• USS America (CV-66) - Sunk as training and battle damage evaluation target 14 May 2005
• USS Austin (LPD-4) - Being scrapped
• USS Conolly (DD-979) - Sunk as a target on 29 April 2009 as part of a joint fleet exercise
• USS O'Bannon (DD-987) - Sunk as training target 6 October 2008
• USS Puget Sound (AD-38) - Being scrapped
• USS Saipan (LHA-2) - Being scrapped
• USS Trout (SS-566) - Being scrapped
• USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40) - Being scrapped

 This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

See also

• National Defense Reserve Fleet

External links

• U.S. Navy Inactive Ships Program Office
• Official List of Inactive U.S. Navy Ships
• Official List of Stricken U.S. Navy Ships
• NavSource Online