At the end of the second World War the United States had plenty of extra naval vessels - from cargo ships to tankers to buoy tenders to Liberty Ships to crane ships that were used all over the oceans of the world.  We decided at the time that while we didn’t need all of these ships in operation, we needed to retain them in something like a storage somewhere in case we would need anytime in the future. A number of locations across 10 states were selected to park and mothball these vessels.  The Suisun Bay, an area of water that connects the San Francisco Bay and Carquinez Straight with the mighty rivers of the Delta, was selected as one of the primary sites.

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