HMS Vanguard in about 1947, when it was part of the British Reserve FleetShips of the U.S. Navy's Reserve Fleet in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1956
A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed; they are partially or fully decommissioned. A reserve fleet is informally said to be "in mothballs" or "mothballed". In earlier times, especially in British usage, the ships were said to be "laid up in ordinary".
A reserve fleet may be colloquially referred to as a "ghost fleet".[1] In the 21st century, ghost fleet may also refer to an active shadow fleet of aged reserve fleet oil tankers returned to an active service in order to circumvent commodities sanctions.[2][3][4]
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^"Russia relies on 'shadow fleets' to save oil exports - UK Daily News". 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
^"Analysis | What We Know About the Shadow Fleet Handling Putin's Oil". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
^Chambers, Sam (2023-02-23). "Splash investigation pinpoints the true scale of the shadow tanker fleet". Splash247. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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