Ghost Fleet 

Nice video with interesting information on how these laid up ships are organised in different categories.

When I was station at Ft. Eustis Va back in the late 80's, we trained on this ships. Don't know which one, but it was pretty cool pulling up next to all of this ships.

I was at Eustis when this was posted lol

Sme of them were used during the first Gulf War to carry equipment to the Middle East.

I worked at the Philadelphia navy yard. It gets hot and humid in those ships in the summer I have to say from experience the carriers are the worst because we have to carry supplies and equipment through the ship. It's a long walk and stairwells

Excellent! We are a Navy family and are always grateful to learn more. And this includes the mothball fleet. (Like these.)

all those MARAD red/white/ blue stack ships had great contracts. many guys supported their families on them

In 1967 I went through the US Army Transportation School at Ft. Eustis, VA. Just one of many classes learning how to operate LCM-8s, LCUs and tug boats. What is shown here is nothing compared to the number of vessels shown here. Many in '67 were Victory Ships left over from WW2. As the 'Nam war heated up they pull another ship out. I spent most of '68 working in the munitions port near Sattahip Thailand. 99% of the ships coming in with bombs and other munitions were Victory ships. Interesting times.

Thank you

Joe Pecarro, if you see this I appreciate your work at Suisun from my PGE days. Especially the tour of the Glomar.

some of these look like extended and heavily modified liberty/victory ships and T2 tankers

This is 2023, how many of these ships would still be at anchor, they look old in the video but I just wonder.

Two of the ships I sailed on are there. Albert J Myer and Andrew J. Higgins.

At about 3:30 they go by a sub tender. Is that the simon lake? I was on canopus when i was in. Simon lake was our sister ship.

Question, I was stationed aboard USS Platte. I see you have several shots of her along with Monongahela and Merrimack. Is it possible to get some of that footage? I would like to use it, with your permission, in a video of the ship I am working on. I learned this morning PLATTE is no longer in the Ghost Fleet, neither is Merrimack. Both have been sent to LA for dismantling. Thank you

ready to serve in 4,5,10, or 20 days.. thats very impressive considering the size of the ships

There was a lot more ships there back in the 70s then the government sold a lot of them to some countries to be torn down and some of them that still remains is leaking fuel into the river due to the deterioration of the fuel tanks and the ships hull

Espetacular, incrível a quantidade de Navios da US Navy em Reserva Naval.

I passed these ships a couple times while traveling around the Chesapeake Bay. It's a strange sight. A little eerie . There area a few places on the bay that you are not allowed near because of bomb ordinances . I really miss the Chesapeake but not for these reasons.

if the engine still work i want to drive that ship

I see my ship USNS VANGUARD nested btw those Cimarron class oilers.

What kind of noise is that ?

If only they offer transfer with no cost, would like to get at least 3 that has retained propulsion to sail itself to my country's navy... those would be a good platform for afloat forward staging bases

I counted ten ships in total, just filmed from different angles ..

If we could turn those ships into new ships. I helped build subs for 43 years. So have been cut up. 😣

Looks like the uss Shenandoah ad-44.. which is now razor blades

put them to good use give them to the Philippines put them in the spratly islands Philippine crews , the Chinese wouldn't know what to do 1000 ships scattered around the area with basic rocket air defence systems

Man they ain't gonna use these old tubs besides they ain't got no crews to work em !!

At the moment politics being unstable these ships may be needed.

Interesting

It's interesting how some of those ships are anchored so close together, it looks like they are only inches apart, while others are spread really far apart. You would think they would anchor all of them closer together so they wouldn't take up so much room.

TINY compared to the 70s!

Me and friend went fishing on his boat and we parked between the ships then we got busted by the va.marine police and some security police was told we couldnt be anywhere close to the ships

Could some of the larger ships not be turned into a ship that is full of cots to sleep in and a large galley and dining area. It could then follow troops who are deployed to any port in the world and be a safe place to feed and bed down troops who are deployed but off dty ? Also it could go to places like Haiti when there is a crisis like now because of the storm and people could bed down till the storm passes. These bvig hulks when anchored properly are storm proof are they not?

Should of kept them especially the aircraft carriers since war is soon

Needs a Voiced Narration, and softer musical background.

I like sea turtles.

why is embedding disabled?

Wtf is this on my homepage?

What music is that? Is it public domain (can I use it?).

should have reuse some happen war will come future.

@2:06 I served on this ship.

seeing all this ship abandoned, really sad, how can human be so wasteful, if u dont want the those ship, give it to me, i will gladly accept them

Good place for the homeless

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whom ever made this video some poeple cant read that fast which makes this video kinda bad it sucks really give poeple more time

Fuckin creepy!!!!!