# Mothball Fleet

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mothball-fleet/9957>\
**Category:** Scuttlebutt\
**Created:** [March 24, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mothball-fleet/9957 "2013-03-24T22:35:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![wmoser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wmoser](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/wmoser)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mothball-fleet/9957/1 "2013-03-24T22:35:20Z")

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> **[Inside the Ghost Ships of the Mothball Fleet](http://scotthaefner.com/beyond/mothball-fleet-ghost-ships/)**
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> For decades, dozens of forgotten Navy and merchant ships have been corroding in Suisun Bay, 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. These historic vessels---the Mothball Fleet---served their country i...

  
Can’t say I think this was the smartest thing for them to do but there are some good pictures.

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**Author:** ![Tugs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/tugs/32/158_2.png) [@Tugs](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tugs)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mothball-fleet/9957/2 "2013-03-25T04:59:57Z")

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Cool Pictures, but I can not believe that they did not or have not been charged with at least Trespassing.

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**Author:** ![rshrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/rshrew/32/107_2.png) [@rshrew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rshrew)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mothball-fleet/9957/3 "2013-03-25T10:36:32Z")

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When I was in school we would drive between the ships in this little 12’ skiff and stand in the empty bow thruster tubes drinking beer…ah memories

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**Author:** ![Bayrunner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/bayrunner/32/966_2.png) [@Bayrunner](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Bayrunner)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mothball-fleet/9957/4 "2013-03-25T11:49:05Z")

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The tug I was on a few years ago towed 2 of those ships to Brownsville. The Winthrop Victory and the Gen John Pope.

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**Author:** ![rshrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/rshrew/32/107_2.png) [@rshrew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rshrew)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mothball-fleet/9957/5 "2013-03-25T16:17:39Z")

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I moved the Ryder Victory to BAE a few years back. It was a fun job.