Why the Navy ABANDONED hundreds of Ships in California - IT'S HISTORY

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An ever-shrinking collection of the US Navy’s most storied ships lies in a bay near San Francisco. This National Defense Reserve Fleet held war heroes, masters of espionage, and behind-the-scenes vessels that the Navy could not function without. Some met a cruel fate in a scrapyard, others found a grandiose museum as their new home, but all were influential in the organization that put them out to pasture.

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IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

0:00 - The Graveyard of the US Navy - Suisun Bay
0:53 - Durability and Protection - Ridge Wallet
1:44 - A Hotel on the High Seas - USS APL-24
4:49 - The Arm of Logistics - SS Green Mountain State
6:58 - An Explorer for Espionage - The Glomar Explorer
12:20 - The Hero of Pearl Harbor - USS Hoga
14:32 - The World’s Greatest Naval Ship - USS Iowa
18:56 - The Maritime Mausoleum - Conclusion

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Scriptwriter - Gregory Back,
Editor - Rishi Mittal
Host - Ryan Socash
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» SOURCES
ngrid Taylar: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mothball_Fleet_-_Suisun_Bay.jpg
jitze: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mothball_fleet_Suisun_Bay_aerial.jpg
NOAA’s National Ocean Service: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Reserve_Fleet,_Suisun_Bay,_Calif.jpg
Ken Lund: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suisun_Bay_Reserve_Fleet,_Benicia,_California.jpg
Loco Steve: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mothball_Fleet_from_California_Zephyr.jpg
Earthpig: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Green_Mountain_State_(T-ACS-9)#/media/File:S.S._green_mountain_state_mothball.jpg
TedQuckenbush: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hughes_Glomar_Explorer_At_Port_of_Long_Beach.jpg
Victorddt: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glomar_Explorer_(T-AG-193).jpg
Jack Snell: https://flic.kr/p/icH3cq, https://flic.kr/p/qu7fX9, https://flic.kr/p/qwdAvP
Ken Freeze: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoga-26-03-2006.jpg#/media/File:Hoga-26-03-2006.jpg
Check Six: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iowa-26-03-2006.jpg

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