National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay

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reserve fleet ship anchorage

The National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay is a U.S. government anchorage in California that stores decommissioned and reserve merchant and military ships for potential future national defense and emergency use.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet	4
National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay canonical	1
Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T776079 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay
Context triple: [SS Jeremiah O’Brien, laidUpAt, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay]

A. Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island Naval Shipyard was a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility in Vallejo, California, notable as one of the first permanent naval shipyards on the West Coast.
B. Naval Base Point Loma
Naval Base Point Loma is a major U.S. Navy installation in San Diego, California, that serves as a key hub for submarine operations and other maritime military activities.
C. Puget Sound Navy Yard
Puget Sound Navy Yard, now known as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, is a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility located in Bremerton, Washington.
D. Naval Base San Diego
Naval Base San Diego is a major United States Navy installation and homeport on the Pacific coast, serving as one of the Navy’s largest surface ship bases.
E. Port of Oakland
The Port of Oakland is a major deep-water seaport in Northern California and one of the primary container shipping hubs on the U.S. West Coast.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay
Target entity description: The National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay is a U.S. government anchorage in California that stores decommissioned and reserve merchant and military ships for potential future national defense and emergency use.

A. Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island Naval Shipyard was a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility in Vallejo, California, notable as one of the first permanent naval shipyards on the West Coast.
B. Naval Base Point Loma
Naval Base Point Loma is a major U.S. Navy installation in San Diego, California, that serves as a key hub for submarine operations and other maritime military activities.
C. Puget Sound Navy Yard
Puget Sound Navy Yard, now known as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, is a major U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility located in Bremerton, Washington.
D. Naval Base San Diego
Naval Base San Diego is a major United States Navy installation and homeport on the Pacific coast, serving as one of the Navy’s largest surface ship bases.
E. Port of Oakland
The Port of Oakland is a major deep-water seaport in Northern California and one of the primary container shipping hubs on the U.S. West Coast.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	reserve fleet ⓘ ship anchorage ⓘ
administeredBy	Maritime Administration ⓘ United States Department of Transportation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet ⓘ linked to: National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet ⓘ linked to: National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay
bodyOfWater	Suisun Bay ⓘ
category	maritime infrastructure ⓘ military logistics facility ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
environmentalRegulation	subject to U.S. environmental laws ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Maritime Commission ⓘ
function	mothball fleet anchorage ⓘ
governingBody	United States Maritime Administration ⓘ linked to: Maritime Administration
jurisdiction	United States federal law ⓘ
locatedIn	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Solano County, California ⓘ linked to: Solano County Suisun Bay ⓘ
nearCity	Benicia, California ⓘ linked to: City of Benicia, California Martinez, California ⓘ Vallejo, California ⓘ linked to: Vallejo
operator	United States Maritime Administration ⓘ linked to: Maritime Administration
ownedBy	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
partOf	National Defense Reserve Fleet ⓘ United States strategic sealift capability ⓘ
purpose	reserve for national defense emergencies ⓘ reserve for national emergencies ⓘ storage of decommissioned merchant ships ⓘ storage of decommissioned military ships ⓘ
region	Northern California ⓘ
security	restricted access facility ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
strategicRole	backup shipping capacity in national emergencies ⓘ backup shipping capacity in wartime ⓘ
typeOfUse	non-operational ship lay-up ⓘ
usedFor	storage of obsolete vessels pending disposal ⓘ storage of reserve sealift vessels ⓘ

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