article_snippet.sent: These rusting 'ghost' ships are the last remnants of what was once The United States' National Defense Reserve FleetNational Defense Reserve Fleet, set to protect and serve in the hour of need.
article_snippet.sent: The ships, jokily known as the 'Mothball Fleet', is so rarely used that many of Ghost ships are falling apart, creating naval graveyards rather than emergency fleets.
article_snippet.sent: Long years of neglect and disuse have turned Ghost ships into near wrecks, with flaking paint polluting the waters with heavy metals and hazardous chemicals.
article_snippet.sent: Zombie ship: One of the ships moored in Suisun Bay, California is covered in rust, slowly eating up the once-gray paint .
article_snippet.sent: No life: Long years of neglect and disuse have turned four National Defense Reserve Fleet ships into near wrecks, with flaking paint polluting the waters with heavy metals and hazardous chemicals .
article_snippet.sent: four National Defense Reserve Fleet ships is so rarely used that many of four National Defense Reserve Fleet ships are falling apart, creating naval graveyards rather than emergency fleets .