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Ships’ Status Changes: 1 January 1987-31 December 1987
Compiled by Fred W. Cassaday, Jr.
Comments
Mobile Bay (CG-53) K°uffman (FFG-59)
Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60) Antietam (CG-54)
Helena (SSN-725)
Ron McHenry (LSD-43) Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) Wenger (MCM-1)
Key West (SSN-722)
Teyte Gulf (CG-55)
'. 'Vcd |nISp0n’ Special, this date. Placed to-* Emission, Special, this date.
Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. Same as above.
Assigned to the Pacific Fleet. Same as above.
Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. Assigned to the Pacific Fleet. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. Same as above.
Same as above.
Same as above.
In Commission, Full, on 6 June Placed In Commission, Full, on
1 Jun. 1987 | Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) | Long Beach, CA |
30 Nov. 1987 | Flat ley (FFG-21) | May port, FL |
NAVAL RESERVE | FORCE SHIPS DEPLOYED UNDER | |
NRF CONTROL |
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Date Deployed | Name/Hull Number | Comments |
5 Sep. 1987 | Enhance (MSO-437) | Deployed to Persian Gulf. |
5 Sep. 1987 | Esteem (MSO-438) | Same as above. |
5 Sep. 1987* | Conquest (MSO-488) | Same as above. |
6 Sep. 1987 | Fearless (MSO-442) | Same as above. |
6 Sep. 1987 | Illusive (MSO-448) | Same as above. |
6 Sep. 1987 | Inflict (MSO-456) | Same as above. |
Nov. 1987 | John A. Moore (FFG-19) | Same as above. |
*On 11 Sep. 1987, the Conquest collided with the Barbour County (LST-1195) and was damaged. She was forced to return to Pearl Harbor, where she was repaired. She deployed again in October 1987, under escort, to join her sister ships.
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8 shiP Fort McHenry (LSD 43)
San Diego, CA May port, FL San Francisco, CA
NRF Home Port
John A. Moore (FFG-19) Antrim (FFG-20)
Roark (FF-1053)
THE ACTIVE FLEET >RCE
Name /Hull Number
Naval Base San Francisco, CA Naval Station San Diego, CA
Decommissioned at
Assigned to the Pacific Fleet. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet.
Comments
Seawolf (SSN-575) Hector (AR-7)
'^ED FROM
RESERVE force
Conserver (ARS-39) ’’ eserver (ARS-8)
°NimGs
Hamel Hull Number
HameIHull Number
SHIPS/CRAFT INSTATED ON THE NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER
Date Name/Hull Number Comments
11 May 1987 Unnamed (IX-515) Formerly known as “SES-200” and rated as
“floating equipment.”
SHIPS/CRAFT REINSTATED ON THE NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER
Date Name/Hull Number Comments
24 Mar. 1987 AFDB-1 (sections B, C, D, E)* Laid up at the Pearl Harbor
Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility.
24 Mar. 1987 AFDB-2 (sections D, H, I)* Same as above.
24 Mar. 1987 AFDB-2 (sections E and F) Same as above.
♦These sections (until stricken on 24 Oct. 1986) and Section C of AFDB-2 were together known as the Artisan (AFDB-1) and served at Subic Bay until replaced by the Machinist (AFDB-8).
SHIPS/CRAFT ACQUIRED/REACQUIRED FROM THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Date Name/Hull Number Comments
18 Aug. 1987 AFDM-2
19 Oct. 1987 AFDB-7 (Section C)
20 Oct. 1987 AFDB-7 (Section D)
23 Oct. 1987
16 Nov. 1987 8 Dec. 1987
11 Dec. 1987 15 Dec. 1987
e\-President Truman
ex-Brookings (APA-140) Comber
ex-American Builder ex-Moreno (ATF-87)
Reacquired for material inspection by the Board of Inspection and Survey of the Navy.
Reacquired for reactivation and modernization (see below).
Reacquired for reactivation and modernization. Sections C and D will replace sections A and B, which are now active with the Los Alamos (AFDB-7) at Holy Loch, Scotland.
Acquired for conversion to auxiliary crane ship under the FY 1987 program. Named the Diamond State (ACS-7). Reacquired for use as a target ship.
Ex-Army dredge. Acquired for use as a target ship.
Acquired for conversion to auxiliary crane ship under the FY 1988 program; named Equality State (ACS-8). Reacquired for use as a target ship.
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24 Dec. 1987 ex-Aeolus (ARC-3)
Reacquired for transfer to the state of North Carolina for sinking as an artificial fishing reef.
SHIPS TRANSFERRED TO THE MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND
Date NameIHull Number Comments
30 Jan. 1987 Invincible (AGOS-10)
28 Feb. 1987 USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) 3 Apr. 1987
Joshua Humphreys (AO-188)
25 Jun. 1987 John Lent hall (AO-189)
10 Jul. 1987 USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
22 Oct. 1987 Andrew J. Higgins (AO-190)
1 Dec. 1987 Comfort (AH-20)
Placed “in service” and transferred to MSC, Atlantic Fleet, for service as USNS Invincible (T-AGOS-10).
Placed “in service” with MSC,
Pacific Fleet.
Placed “in service” and transferred to MSC, Atlantic Fleet, for service as USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188). Placed “in service” and transferred to MSC, Atlantic Fleet, for service as USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189). Returned to “reduced operational status” with MSC, Pacific Fleet.
Placed “in service” and transferred to MSC, Pacific Fleet, for service as USNS Andrew J. Higgins (T-AO-190). Placed “in service” and transferred to MSC, Atlantic Fleet, where she was placed in “reduced operational status” as USNS Comfort (T-AH-20).
SHIPS/CRAFT TRANSFERRED TO THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION FOR LAYUP
Comments
Date
NameIHull Number
6 Aug. | 1987 | Piedmont (AD-17) | Currently on lease to Turkey, she is to be sold. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | APL-47 | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | APL-53 | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | ARD-12 | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Unnamed ARS-25 | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Robert H. McCard (DD-822) | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Carpenter (DDE-825) | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Robert A. Owens (DD-827) | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Fiske (DD-842) | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Orleck (DD-886) | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Westchester County (LST-1167) | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Windham County (LST-1170) | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Surprise (PG-97) | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Tang (SS-563) | Same as above. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Gudgeon (SSAG-567) | Same as above. \$\ Exploded and sunk on 11 P l0 K Lesbos, Greece. Residual rig sold to Turkey. |
6 Aug. | 1987 | Defiance (PG-95) | |
30 Aug. 1987 | YOG-79 | To be sunk as target. t0 | |
31 Dec | 1987 | AFDM-9 | Formally on commercial leas ^ Jacksonville FL Shipyard- 0 disposed of by Navy sale- |
Correction to | 1986 Listing: |
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the N^
Jupiter (TAKR-11) was not struck, on 29 Apr. 1986. She remains on Vessel Register.
18 Aug. 1987
USNS Curtiss (T-AVB-4)
25 Jun. 1987 Admiral Wm. M. Callaghan
30 Sep. 1987
USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-21)
28 Oct. 1987
USNS Gopher State (T-ACS-4)
Ex-Great Republic. Transferred to MSC, Pacific Fleet, and laid up in “reduced operating status” as part of the RRF.
Transferred to the MarAd Reserve Fleet at James River for layup and assigned to the RRF.
Irreparably damaged during a January 1987 hurricane while anchored in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, harbor. The Bowditch was rammed by two ships that broke their moorings during the storm. Laid up at Beaumont Reserve Fleet waiting disposal.
Ex-Leader. Transferred to the MarAd Reserve Fleet at James River. Assigned to the RRF on the same date.
SHIPS/CRAFT STRICKEN FROM THE NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER
Date | NameIHull Number | Comments |
3 Jan. 1987 | YR-9 | Ex-YFNB-9, YFN-720. Transferred to the Army. |
26 Jan. 1987 | Norton Sound (AVM-1) | Transferred to MarAd for disposal. |
31 Jan. 1987 | Nathaniel Greene (SSBN-636) | Disposition pending. |
31 Jan. 1987 | YC-1439 | To be disposed of by Navy sale. |
31 Jan. 1987 | YC-1544 | To be sunk as a target. |
31 Jan. 1987 | YM-38 | To be disposed of by Navy sale. |
31 Jan. 1987 | YO-241 | To be disposed of by Navy sale. |
15 Feb. 1987 | YC-1087 | To be disposed of by Navy sale. |
28 Feb. 1987 | Yatanocas (YTM-544) | To be disposed of by MarAd sale. |
28 Feb. 1987 | Accohanoc (YTM-545) | To be disposed of by MarAd sale. |
28 Feb. 1987 | Migadan (YTM-549) | To be disposed of by transfer to the Air Force. |
26 May 1987 | USNS Bowditch | Disposed of earlier than scheduled owing |
| (T-AGS-21) | to severe storm damage (see earlier table). |
9 Jun. 1987 | YSR-18 | To be disposed of by Navy sale. |
30 Jun. 1987 | AFDL-40 | Formerly on commercial lease to Honolulu Shipyards, Inc. To be disposed of by Navy sale. |
30 Jun. 1987 | YC-972 | To be disposed of by Navy sale. |
30 Jun. 1987 | YFN-815 | To be disposed of by Navy sale. |
10 Jul. 1987 | Seawolf (SSN-575) | Disposition pending. |
13 Jul. 1987 | AFDL-10 | Formally on lease to the Philippines. Returned to the United States this date. |
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SHIPS/CRAFT TRANSFERRED TO OTHER GOVERNMENT7 NONGOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Date
NameIHull Number
10 May 1987 ex-YR-9
10 Jun. 1987
10 Jun. 1987
24 Dec. 1987
ex-Yatanocas (YTM-544) ex-Accohanoc (YTM-545) ex-Aeolus (ARC-3)
Comments
Transferred to Army Corps of Eng1 District, for further service. pjeetaI Transferred to the MarAd Reserve River, VA, for further service.
Same as above.
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Transferred to the state of North sinking as an artificial fishing ree •
READY RESERVE FORCE SHIPS (as of 31 Dec. 1987)
Dale_______________ NameIHull Number/MarAd Hull Type
Additions Since 31 Dec. 1986:
13 Feb. 1987 Cape Florida (AKR) (C8-S-81b)
(ex-Delta Caribe)
Cape Catawba (AKR) (C3-S-33a)
(ex-Cape, ex-Mormaccape)
Cape Farewell (AKR) (C9-S-81d)
(ex-Delta Mar)
Cape Edmont (AKR) (RO/RO)
(ex-Paralla)
American Osprey (AOT)
(ex-Gulf Prince)
Cape Flattery (AKR) (C9-S-81d)
(ex-Delta Norte)
Admiral Wm. M. Callaghan (AKR) (RO/RO) Cape Inscription (AKR) (C7-S-95a)
(ex-Tyson Lykes)
Mission Buenaventura (AOT)
(ex-Spirit of Liberty)
Cape Lambert (AKR) (RO/RO)
(ex-Federal Lakes)
Gopher State (ACS-4)
(C5-S-MA73c) (ex-Leader)
Cape Nome (AK) (C5-S-78a)
(ex-Rapid, ex-American Rapid)
Deletions since 31 Dec. 1986:
2 Apr. 1987 Maumee (AOT-149) (T5-S-12a)
2 Apr. 1987 Yukon (AOT-152) (T5-S-12a)
4 May 1987 Catawba Victory (AK) (VC2-S-AP2)
15 Feb. 1987
2 Apr. 1987
10 Apr. 1987
3 Jun. 1987
5 Jun. 1987
30 Jun. 1987 2 Sep. 1987
9 Oct. 1987
23 Oct. 1987
27 Oct. 1987
7 Dec. 1987
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