Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "The USN Mothball Fleet - Storing up for a rainy day" video.

  1. A list of ships currently available in storage here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility
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  2. There was no lack of ships. Just a lack of takers. Many today face scrapyard or sinkex.
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  3.  @adammclean4871  The Usaf has a it's version of The Mothball fleet; "The Boneyard " at Davis-Monathan AFB in Arizona. Planes are kept in desert storage there. USN and USMC planes get stored as well.
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  4.  @skeletonwguitar4383  Easy answer? In general, down for all services with the end of conflict in Afghanistan. Some Navy projects like the new sub and frigates will get funding. Stuff like railguns and the LCS will die....
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  5.  @TheRWS96  You missing a ton..... "Do you know what makes these ships go up? FUNDING! That's what makes your ships go up. NO BUCKS, NO BUCK RODGERS....." - from the "Right Stuff" 1983...... Mothball ships are more frozen like Han Solo, than museum conditions.
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  6. @Brian Barrigar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility
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  7.  @julieclark1765  The Kidd Class.... 4 modified Spruance Class DDG's that were to be sold to Iran till the fall of the Shah in 1980. They are in Taiwan now. Original name: USS Kidd (DDG-993) Tentative Iranian name: Kourosh Present name: Tso Ying (左營, DDG-1803); was to be Tung Teh (同德); commissioned on 3 November 2006 Original name: USS Callaghan (DDG-994) Tentative Iranian name: Dariush Present name: Su Ao (蘇澳, DDG-1802); was to be Ming Teh (明德); commissioned on 17 December 2005 Original name: USS Scott (DDG-995) Tentative Iranian name: Nader Present name: Kee Lung (基隆, DDG-1801); was to be Chi Teh (紀德); commissioned on 17 December 2005 Original name: USS Chandler (DDG-996) Tentative Iranian name: Anoshirvan Present name: Ma Kong (馬公, DDG-1805); was to be Wu Teh (武德); commissioned on 3 November 2006
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  8.  @billfitzpatrick209  They have different battle stations based on threat. For surface action, the crew is not on deck.
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  9. All the ships are on freshwater other than Pearl Harbor. That helps...
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  10.  @gregorywright4918  I guess that is why they store ships there long term. Low salt content.
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  11. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility
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  12. The cargo and tanker ships were used. But, they were made obsolete by container ships and the supertanker. Warships have little merchant use.
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  13.  @TheRWS96  Like USS Cod? https://youtu.be/6cxLDHukRF4
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  14.  @adamfrank5510  The draft..... The Navy downsized after the war.
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  15.  @beigethursday1352  That makes no sense. Those are not dual purpose guns.
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  16.  @jamesharding3459  You mean compressed oxygen? https://youtu.be/Rgi4ta5HZjk
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  17. He is just one guy doing stuff 3 days a week. He can't do everything.
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