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Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer
I thought about what the Navy might be scraping the barrel to put afloat in 2000, and cast my thought back to WWII (or younger) reserve (non-fighting) ships. Crater-class Liberty ships still existed in the 1980s (indeed a few still exist today, in addition to two held in pristine condition as museums but we're Twilight:2000's alternate future!). Most were struck and scrapped from 1964-1974, but some (below) were returned to the Maritime Shipping Commission
Cassiopeia
Celeno
Phobos
Draco
Mintaka
Murzim
Caelum
Giansar
Alderamin
Appanoose
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I checked on the Crater-class Cargo Ship using NavSource Online (
http://www.navsource.org/) and I found all of the ships listed were scrapped, and I also found that out of the 63 Crater-class ships built, none would in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, because they are all scraped or destroyed. However there would be still a number of Liberty and Victory Ships available, here is a list:
Liberty ship
SS Arthur M Huddel
SS John W. Brown
SS Jeremiah O'Brien
Victory ship
SS American Victory (Tampa, Florida)
SS Lane Victory (Los Angeles, California)
SS Red Oak Victory (Richmond, California)
SS Earlham Victory (Brownsville, Texas)
SS Pan American Victory (Brownsville, Texas)
SS Rider Victory (Brownsville, Texas)
SS Winthrop Victory (Brownsville, Texas)