•
USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7),
amphibious assault ship, was used as a target off
Virginia Capes in May 1995. She was used to recover
Gemini and
Apollo astronauts in
Atlantic Ocean. •
SS Charles H. Cugle, became the
SS Sturgis (MH-1A), was a Liberty ship used to test
nuclear power. A nuclear power plant was placed in her, used at the
Panama Canal, scrapped in 2015. •
USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10). Sunk as an artificial reef in May 2009 off
Key West. •
USS General Nelson M. Walker was a
Troopship used in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Art Beltrone, a military historian, found troop art in the stored ship, now on display. •
NS Savannah was stored for 14 years at James River, the first nuclear power cargo ship. •
USS Simon Lake (AS-33) a
submarine tender, stored from 2015 to 2019, until scrapped. •
USS Donner (LSD-20) leaked 1,000 gallons of fuel in 2000. •
USS Suribachi (AE-21) a scrapped in 2019. •
SS Red Oak Victory, now a museum ship in Richmond, California. A
Boulder Victory-class cargo ship. •
SS American Victory, a Victory cargo ship now a museum ship in
Tampa, Florida. •
SS Arthur M. Huddell Liberty ship, now a
Greek museum ship. •
SS John W. Brown Liberty ship, now a museum ship in
Baltimore, Maryland. •
USS Waccamaw (AO-109), an
oil tanker. •
MS Sea Witch (1940) Type C2 cargo ship. •
SS California (1927), the first major
ocean liner built with
turbo-electric transmission. •
USS Albemarle (AV-5), one of two
Curtiss-class seaplane tenders, part of
Operation Flat Top. •
MV Freedom Star, a
NASA recovery ship. •
USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) and
USS Ortolan (ASR-22),
submarine rescue vessels. •
USS Escape (ARS-6), a
Diver-class rescue and salvage ship. •
USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat, a cargo ship built in the Soviet Union, delivering supplies to
United States Marine Corps, into Fleet March 31, 2021. •
USS Gage (APA-168), last existing
Haskell-class attack transport. •
MV Cape Lambert (T-AKR-5077) and
MV Cape Lobos (T-AKR-5078),
Roll-on/roll-off ships in fleet 1987 to 1990. Activated in 1990 to support
Operation Desert Storm and
Desert Shield, back in fleet in 2000. •
USS Matsonia (ID-1589),
Troopship built in 1913. ==See also==