Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk

Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk was a part of the United States Navy reserve fleets, also called a mothball fleet, and was used to store the many surplus ships after World War II. The Atlantic Reserve Fleet was just south of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, called the South Gate Annex in Portsmouth, Virginia, 2 mi (3.2 km) south of Norfolk, Virginia. The reserve fleet was stored in the freshwater of the Elizabeth River, Southern Branch near the Jordan Bridge. The freshwater was good for long-term storage for ships. Some ships in the fleet were reactivated for the Korean War and Vietnam War.[1][2][3][4]

Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk
South Gate Annex
South Gate Annex Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
Part of Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk, South Gate Annex
Coordinates36.802400°N 76.294702°W / 36.802400; -76.294702
TypeReserve Fleet
Site information
Owner United States
Operator United States Navy
Site history
Built1946 (1946)
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) in 1963 at Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk
USS Albany (CG-10) laid up at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 1983
1995 map of the South Gate Annex

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard's Hampton Roads Facilities at Portsmouth includes: the South Gate Annex, Scott Center Annex, St. Helena Annex and St. Julien's Creek Annex. [5][6][7][8]

Reserve ship examples

South Gate Annex Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility

South Gate Annex Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is at the former Atlantic Reserve Fleet site. The South Gate Annex Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility is used as temporary storage of inactivated nuclear-powered ships, with the fuel removed.[17][18]

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