National Defense Reserve Fleet

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1. Including the Ready Reserve Force, a fleet composed of ships acquired and maintained by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for use in mobilization or emergency.
2. Less the Ready Reserve Force, a fleet composed of the older dry cargo ships, tankers, troop transports, and other assets in MARAD's custody that are maintained at a relatively low level of readiness. They are acquired by MARAD from commercial ship operators under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 and are available only on mobilization or congressional declaration of an emergency. Because the ships are maintained in a state of minimum preservation, activation requires 30 to 90 days and extensive shipyard work, for many. Also called NDRF. See also Ready Reserve Force.

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Ready Reserve Force			MARAD also promotes the use of US-flag vessels, manages the Maritime Security Program, oversees the Ready Reserve Force, maintains the National Defense Reserve Fleet, and ensures a pool of highly skilled merchant marine officers and seafarers through its operation of the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY. Department of Transportation by Mineta, Norman Y. / Defense Transportation Journal The contract was awarded by the United States Government's Marine Administration (MARAD) for the recycling of 13 redundant merchant vessels from the US National Defense Reserve Fleet. Fresh row on `ghost fleet' ships by The Journal (Newcastle, England) The warships, tankers, bulk carriers and tank transporters were part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet - but lay for years unused and rusting on Virginia's James River. BUSH DUMPS TOXIC GHOST FLEET ON UK; 94 rusting hulks leaking ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			National Assembly national assistance National Association of Realtors National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations national bank National Baseball Hall of Fame National Bureau of Standards national capital national censorship National City National Climatic Data Center national code national command National Command Authorities national commander National Communications System national component National Convention National Country Party National Covenant national currency National Curriculum national debt national debt ceiling national defense area National Defense Reserve Fleet national dress National Economic Development Council national emergency National Enterprise Board national flag national force commander national forces for the defense of the NATO area national forest National Front National Gallery National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency national grid National Guard National Guard Bureau National Health Service national holiday national hunt national income national information infrastructure national infrastructure National Institute of Justice National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institutes of Health National Insurance national intelligence			national defense area national defense area National Defense Authorization Act National Defense Cadet Corps National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence National Defense College of the Philippines National Defense Commission National Defense Council Foundation National Defense Education Act National Defense Education Act National Defense Education Act of 1958 National Defense Executive Reserve National Defense Features National Defense Foreign Language National Defense Highway System National Defense Industrial Association National Defense Infrastructure Survivability Study National Defense Intelligence College National Defense Medical Center National Defense Operations Center National Defense Panel National Defense Policy National Defense Program Outline National Defense Project Rating Plan National Defense Research Committee National Defense Research Council National Defense Reserve Fleet National Defense Reserve Fuel National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program National Defense Sealift Fund National Defense Service Medal National Defense Stockpile National Defense Strategy National Defense Strategy National Defense Strategy National Defense Student Loan National Defense Transportation Agency National Defense Transportation Association National Defense University National Defense University Library National Defined Contribution Council National delimitation National Deliverability Index National Delusional Basketball Association National Demining Office National Democratic Action Association National Democratic Action Movement National Democratic Action Society National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Club National Democratic Committee National Democratic Congress

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