page_title: Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
hierarchical_section_title: Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
caption_attribution_description: English: An aerial view of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington (USA), on 24 November 2012. Visible are the following ships (top to bottom): aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62); USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63); USS Constellation (CV-64); amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque (LPD-8); USS Ranger (CV-61); three Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates; an (active) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship; a Seawolf-class submarine.
context_page_description: A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register, while others have been struck from that Register.
  The ships that have been stricken from the NVR are disposed of by one of several means, including foreign military sale transfer, ship donation as a museum or memorial, domestic dismantling and recycling, artificial reefing, or use as a target vessel. Others are retention assets for possible future reactivation, which have been laid up for long-term preservation and are maintained with minimal maintenance should they need to be recalled to active duty.
  The Navy has been reducing the number of inactive ships, which numbered as many as 195 in 1997, but was down to 49 by the end of 2014.
  The Naval Sea Systems Command's Inactive Ships Management Office is based in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  There are NISMFs in:
  Bremerton, Washington
  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
context_section_description: A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), while others have been struck from that Register.
  The ships that have been stricken from the NVR are disposed of by one of several means, including foreign military sale transfer, ship donation as a museum or memorial, domestic dismantling and recycling, artificial reefing, or use as a target vessel. Others are retention assets for possible future reactivation, which have been laid up for long-term preservation and are maintained with minimal maintenance (humidity control, corrosion control, flood/fire watch) should they need to be recalled to active duty.
  The Navy has been reducing the number of inactive ships, which numbered as many as 195 in 1997, but was down to 49 by the end of 2014.
  The Naval Sea Systems Command's Inactive Ships Management Office (INACTSHIPOFF) is based in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  There are NISMFs in:
  Bremerton, Washington
  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
  In addition, parts of Norfolk Naval Shipyard and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard are designated for the storage of inactive nuclear powered vessels.
  Inactive ship facilities in Suisun Bay, James River and Beaumont, Texas are owned and operated by the Maritime Administration under the U.S. Department of Transportation.
caption: Aircraft carriers stored at the NISMF in Bremerton, 2012. From left to right: Independence, Kitty Hawk, Constellation and Ranger.
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