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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		In rare cases the general public may intercede for ships from the reserve fleet that are about to be scrapped; usually asking for the Navy to donate them for use as museums or memorials.
		The groups of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet were at Boston, Charleston, Florida, New London, New York, Norfolk, Philadelphia, and Texas.
		The groups of the Pacific Reserve Fleet were at Alameda, Bremerton, Columbia River, Long Beach, Mare Island, San Diego, San Francisco, Stockton, and Tacoma.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Pacific_Reserve_Fleet (428 words)

	United States Navy reserve fleets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In rare cases the general public may intercede for ships from the reserve fleet that are about to be scrapped; usually asking for the Navy to donate them for use as museums or memorials.
		The groups of the Atlantic Fleet were at Boston, Charleston, Florida(?), New London, New York, Norfolk, Philadelphia, and Texas?.
		The groups of the Pacific Reserve Fleet were at Alameda, Bremerton, Columbia River, Long Beach, Mare Island, San Diego, San Francisco, Stockton, and Tacoma.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Navy_reserve_fleets (290 words)

	U.S. Atlantic Fleet -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Atlantic Fleet was reorganized into the (Click link for more info and facts about Scouting Force) Scouting Force in 1923, which was under the (Click link for more info and facts about United States Fleet) United States Fleet along with the (Click link for more info and facts about Pacific Fleet) Pacific Fleet.
		Along with the Pacific Fleet and (Click link for more info and facts about Asiatic Fleet) Asiatic Fleet, the fleet was to be under the command of a full Admiral, which jumped the fleet's commander (Click link for more info and facts about Ernest J. King) Ernest J. King from a two-star to a four-star.
		The admiral commanding the Atlantic Fleet for a time being was designated as the Deputy Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command until 1986.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/u/u.s._atlantic_fleet1.htm (372 words)

	USS Birmingham (CL-2) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Recommissioned 15 December 1911 she made a short cruise to the West Indies and then reverted to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia 20 April 1912.
		She left the yard 2 February 1914 and resumed operations with the Atlantic Fleet as flagship of the Torpedo Flotilla.
		In 1916 she became flagship of Destroyer Force Atlantic Fleet, and Torpedo Flotilla 3.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Birmingham_(CL-2) (457 words)

	DD239 - USS STURTEVANT
		In October, she shifted to the inactive fleet berthing area at Green Cove Springs, Fla., where she was decommissioned on 24 March 1946.
		Much of the time she spent in the Caribbean was devoted to work in conjunction with the Fleet Sonar School at Key West, Fla., and with the Hunter - Killer Forces of the Atlantic Fleet.
		She continued to so serve in the Pacific Fleet until June of 1960, when she was placed out of commission and berthed with the San Diego Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
	www.sturtivant.org.uk /de239.html (608 words)

	U.S.S. Alabama BB-8 History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Finally, on 27 January, the battleship headed south for winter exercises with the Fleet at the drill grounds in the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, Fla. ALABAMA's Navy career began in earnest with her arrival in the gulf early in February.
		With a syngle exception in 1904, each year from 1901 to 1907, she conducted Fleet exercises and gunnery drills in the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies in the wintertime before returning north for repairs and operations off the northeastern coast during the summer and autumn.
		Late in the spring of 1913, the Navy added a new dimension to the concept of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet by having the warships of that unit embark detachments of the various state naval militias for training afloat in a manner similar in many respects to the contemporary Navy's selected reserve program.
	www.warships1.com /US/USbb08-history.htm (1176 words)

	USS Iowa (BB-61)
		She was launched on 27 August 1942 sponsored by Ilo Wallace (wife of Vice President Henry Wallace), and commissioned on 22 February 1943 with Captain John L. McCrea in command.
		Iowa, as part of the Reserve Fleet, was berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport, from 24 September 1998 to 8 March 2001 when she began her journey, under tow, to San Francisco.
		She arrived in Suisun Bay, San Francisco, on 21 April 2001 and is part of the Reserve Fleet there.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_iowa__bb_61_.html (1803 words)

	USS For Mandan
		Fort Mandan was assigned first to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet following her shakedown traning in Chesapeake Bay, but later was assigned to duty with the Service Force, 2d Fleet.
		In April and May 1947 she participated in 8th Fleet exercises, and cruised with the Naval Academy and NROTC midshipmen to northern European ports during June and July.
		During 1951 she engaged in Atlantic Fleet exercises through 17 May, conducted drills in the Caribbean Sea through 29 August, and following a brief cruise in Caribbean waters underwent preparations for the "Convex" operation which occurred from 28 February to 31 March 1952.
	www.multied.com /navy/Landing/FtMandan.html (507 words)

	History of Ships named USS Kearsarge
		She joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in February 1916 and served as a training ship for Massachusetts and Maine Naval Militia until World War 1, then trained armed guard crews and naval engineers.
		In February 1955 she supported units of the fleet in the successful evacuation of 18,000 civilians and 20,000 military personnel from the islands.
		Fleet was observed by the enemy and the crisis eased.
	www.warner.nh.us /ships.htm (3515 words)

	Records of the Reserve Fleet
		The collection is comprised of 13 feet of records relating to the Atlantic and Pacific Reserve Fleets.
		The functions of the branch are to coordinate matters relating to the berthing, administration and maintenance of the Reserve Fleets; follow progress of the activation and inactivation of Reserve Fleet vessels and render special reports as required by the Chief of Naval Operations; and review mobilization planning as it effects the Reserve Fleets.
		According to the Chief of Naval Operations Organization Manual (Change 17 approved 7 October 1960), the mission of Reserve Fleet Ships Branch is to insure that ships of the Reserve Fleets are maintained in the highest state of materiel readiness consistent with their probable utilization.
	www.history.navy.mil /ar/romeo/reserve.htm (1031 words)

	USS SKILL II (MSO 471)
		During her 15 years of active service with the Navy, the minesweeper served with the Atlantic and 6th 'Fleets.
		Skill operated with the 6th Fleet in the "middle sea" in 1966, 1957, 1958, 1960, and 1968.
		She was berthed at Beaumont, Tex., as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
	home.earthlink.net /~mso471 (219 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Iowa (BB-61) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Recommissioned as flagship of the Seventh Fleet in 1951, she sailed in support of UN forces in Korea from April to October 1952, before joining the Atlantic Fleet.
		She remained as part of this Fleet until 1958, during which time she did a stint in the Mediterranean as flagship of the Sixth Fleet.
		Part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia for the next twenty-six years, Iowa was recommissioned—along with her sister ships—to take her place in the "600-ship Navy" of the defense-minded President Ronald Reagan.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_049000_ussiowa.htm (561 words)

	VPNAVY - USS Albemarle (AV-5) History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
		Reporting to Commander, Fleet Air Wing 11, for temporary duty, she tended VPB-201 and VPB-210 at "Gitmo" until 17 January, when the seaplane tender sailed for Coco Solo arriving at her destination on the 19th.
		She was reassigned from the Atlantic Reserve Fleet to the Commandant, 4th Naval District for conversion, effective 6 February 1956.
		Placed out of commission, in reserve, on 21 October 1960 Albemarle was initially berthed with the Norfolk group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet pending her transfer to the Maritime Administration (MarAd) James River Fleet.
	www.vpnavy.com /ussalbemarle_1940.html?ref=www.texasmilitarymuseums.org (4674 words)

	USS Rizzi
		Decommissioned on 18 June 1946, Rizzi remained at Green Cove Springs in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until ordered activated and assigned to the 3d Naval District as a reserve training ship in January 1951.
		Recommissioned on 28 March 1951, she proceeded to New York whence she conducted training cruises—weekend and 2-week cruises along the east coast and in the Caribbean, and summer cruises to Europe in 1953 and 1955 and to South American in 1954—for reservists in the New York City area.
		Decommissioned 28 February 1958, she remained in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, berthed at Philadelphia, until the spring of 1972.
	www.navyhistory.com /DE/rizzi.html (271 words)

	USS Parle
		After reporting for duty with the 7th Fleet, she was assigned to the Philippine Sea Frontier and routed to Leyte by way of Galapagos, Bora Bora, Manus and Palau.
		In August 1945, Parle was with the Amphibious Forces of the Panific Fleet engaged in escorting occupation troops to Korea.
		Parle received her reserve crew 21; October, bringing her to full complement, and she commenced a year of duty with the active fleet.
	www.navyhistory.com /DE/parle.html (515 words)

	USS Absecon (AVP-23) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On her way from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean via the Panama Canal, Absecon picked up seven survivors from SS Olancho, a freighter which had been torpedoed by a German submarine.
		Operating primarily in the Atlantic out of Norfolk, Virginia, the erstwhile seaplane tender served as a weather ship on ocean stations, before the advent of improved storm-tracking radars obviated such operations.
		During the 1950s, she frequently visited Argentia, Newfoundland and Bermuda, between stints on patrol on the high seas in the north and central Atlantic and periods of regular upkeep at Norfolk.
	www.free-download-soft.com /info/wellbeing-family-healthyga-htm.html (1191 words)

	USS Wisconsin
		BB-64 was reassigned to the 5th Fleet in February 1945 and supported the landings on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
		Wisconsin entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in 1948, only to be recommissioned in March 1951 for the Korean War.
		She once again entered the inactive fleet in 1958, where she remained until 1988, when she was reactivated.
	www.braddye.com /newsletters/usswisconsin.html (441 words)

	The Northern Rivers Company - Salmon and Trout Fishing in the Kola Peninsula
		The Atlantic Salmon Reserve was founded in the year 2003 by Peter C. Power who was appointed “Adviser (Sovetnik) to the Governor for International Tourism” in June, 2007.
		Whereas the Atlantic Salmon Reserve (ASR), known in Russia as the "Дом для лосося", are the names given to the territory bounded by the Barents Sea and the water basins of the Rynda, Zolotaya, Kharlovka & Eastern Litza Rivers in the Kola Peninsula (Territory),
		The Atlantic Salmon Reserve (ASR) in the Kola Peninsula, Russia comprises the watersheds of the Kharlovka, Eastern Litza, Rynda and Zolotaya rivers where the Northern Rivers Company operate the now famous salmon and trout fishery.
	www.kharlovka.com /atlanticsalmon.html (1375 words)

	A US Navy Destroyer Tender History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Arcadia served as tender to destroyers joining the inactive fleet at Charleston, and she also developed the official program for decommissioning and inactivation to be used by tenders of her own class.
		Arcadia was placed in commission, in reserve, on 7 February 1947 and serve as accommodation vessel for Submarine Group 1 of the Charleston group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
		Arcadia was decommissioned on 28 June 1968, berthed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet contingent in the James River on 15 November, and formally transferred to the Maritime Administration on 30 June 1969.
	www.destroyers.org /DH_AD/DH_AD-23.html (464 words)

	DANFS: USS Sabine (AO-25)
		Individual combatant ships were sent to these areas in accordance with a preplanned schedule, rather than steam in groups to the areas where each might lose hours waiting for her turn alongside the oiler.
		Sabine followed a schedule of east coast fueling operations, training exercises, and Mediterranean deployments until she was placed out of commission in reserve on 14 February 1955 and assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet for further transfer to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS).
		Berthed with the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Beaumont, Tex., she was not struck from the Navy list until 14 January 1959.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/AO/ao25.html?ref=www.texasmilitarymuseums.org (758 words)

	History of the USS Strong USS Strong Association Destroyers shipmates ussstrong uss-strong dd 758 dd-758 tincans
		The destroyer was placed in reserve, out of commission, on 9 May 1947 as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
		Fleet exercises Portrex and Carribex were held during March 1950 and, during June and July, Strong embarked midshipmen and reservists for a training cruise to Panama and Cuba.
		Strong was deployed to the 6th Fleet from November 1963 to March 1964; 6 January to 7 June 1965; and from 22 September 1966 to 31 January 1967.
	www.uss-strong.com /history.htm (1786 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		Originally a merchant oiler, she was acquired by the Navy for combat duty during World War II and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet.
		Prior to the Normandy invasion she was transferred to the Pacific Fleet and participated in action against Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and mainland Japan.
		In 1945 she was transferred to the Pacific Fleet, operating in the South Pacific and Japanese waters in support of the occupation of Japan.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/u/UTAHSHIPS.html (2294 words)

	USS Addison County
		On 1 February 1950, she was placed in reserve, in service, as flagship of the Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
		In addition to her duties as Flagship for CINCSOUTH and CINCNELM, she coordinated activities of units of the 6th Fleet as they arrived and departed and assumed the administrative duties of senior officer present afloat.
		She returned to Norfolk for inactivation, was placed out of commission, in reserve, on 9 November 1955, and transferred to the Maritime Administration for berthing with the James River unit of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
	www.multied.com /Navy/MISC/Adironcack.html (896 words)

	Recommissioning and Mediterranean Cruises
		Commander Charleston Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet and Commander Sub Group ONE arrived on board and after inspection, addressed the ship’s company and guests.
		After sea trials in the Atlantic, the BRAINE proceeded directly to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for a shakedown cruise, conducting exercises and training with the Fleet Training Command in the Caribbean.
		As a component of the Sixth Fleet, she made ports of call as follows: Gibraltar; Cagliari, Sardina; Cannes, France; Taranto, Italy; Catania, Sicily; Trieste, FTT; Venice, Italy; Golfe Juan, France; Rhodes, Greece; Izmar, Turkey; Augusta Bay, Sicily; Bari, Italy; Split, Yugoslavia; Monaco; Ville Franche; France and Lisbon, Portugal.
	www.mindspring.com /~wgaddis/recom.html (595 words)

	U.S.S. Kearsage BB-5 History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		KEARSARGE became flagship of the North Atlantic Station, cruising down the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean.
		Following maneuvers in the Caribbean, she led the North Atlantic Battleship Squadron to Lisbon where she entertained the King of Portugal, 11 June 1904.
		She recommissioned 23 June 1915 for operations along the Atlantic coast until 17 September when she departed Philadelphia to land a detachment of marines at Vera Cruz, Mexico.
	www.warships1.com /US/USbb05-history.htm (819 words)

	III History, Douglas H. Fox DD-779
		On 6 July 1949 while en-route from Guantanamo Bay to Panama the Fox was struck on her portside by the USS Willard Keith resulting in loss of the whaleboat and minor damage amidships.
		After operating in the Atlantic and the Caribbean, she entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a four-month conversion and overhaul period.
		During this period DOUGLAS H. FOX was the proud recipient of the Atlantic Fleet ASW Award for her consistent success in the art of anti-submarine warfare.
	www.destroyersonline.com /usndd/dd779/dd779his.htm (1922 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Alabama (BB 8) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		With a single exception in 1904, each year from 1901 to 1907, she conducted Fleet exercises and gunnery drills in the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies in the wintertime before returning north for repairs and operations off the northeastern coast during the summer and autumn.
		She was returned to reserve status — in commission, first reserve — at New York on 10 September 1912.
		For the remainder of World War I, the warship conducted recruit training missions in the lower Chesapeake Bay and in the coastal waters of the Atlantic seaboard, though she made one visit to the Gulf of Mexico in late June and early July of 1918.
	www.navy.mil /navydata/ships/battleships/alabama/bb8-ala.html (1296 words)

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