page_title: Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
hierarchical_section_title: Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
caption_attribution_description: USGS aerial photo montage of "nests" of anchored USNR ships at the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay, California.
context_page_description: The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is located on the northwest side of Suisun Bay. The fleet is within a regulated navigation area that is about 4 ¹⁄₂ miles long and ¹⁄₂ mile wide. It begins just north of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge and runs northeast, parallel to the shoreline. Water depths range from about 46 feet at Mean Lower Low Water at the foot of the anchorage, to about 26 feet MLLW at the shallowest berths towards the northern end of the anchorage.
context_section_description: The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is located on the northwest side of Suisun Bay (the northern portion of the greater San Francisco Bay estuary). The fleet is within a regulated navigation area that is about 4 ¹⁄₂ miles (7.2 km) long and ¹⁄₂ mile (0.80 km) wide. It begins just north of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge and runs northeast, parallel to the shoreline. Water depths range from about 46 feet (14 m) at Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) at the foot of the anchorage, to about 26 feet (8 m) MLLW at the shallowest berths towards the northern end of the anchorage.
caption: Ships at Suisun Bay, California. Note the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) on the bottom end of the second row from the bottom (Iowa has since moved to the Port of Los Angeles as a museum ship).
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