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 NISMF's 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

As of July 14, 2007:

• - Inactive reserve
• - Inactive reserve
• - Inactive reserve
• - Inactive reserve
• - To be scrapped
• YO-260 - yard oiler
• - Available for donation
• - Available for donation
• - To be sold to Turkey
• - To be sunk
• - Available for donation
• - Available for donation
• - Available for donation
• - Inactive reserve
• - Available for donation
• - (Identity unknown)
• - Inactive reserve
• - Inactive reserve

Ships previously held in Philadelphia, PA

• - Being Scrapped

Portsmouth, VA

Bremerton, WA

• - Available for donation
• - To be sunk
• - To be sunk

Pearl Harbor, HI

• - Inactive reserve
• - Inactive reserve
• - Inactive reserve
• - Inactive reserve

See also

• National Defense Reserve Fleet

References

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