Only the first three, out of the original eight, exist today.
During the Korean War, 540 vessels were broken out to move military forces.
From 1955 through 1964, another 600 ships were used to store grain for the Department of Agriculture.
During the Berlin crisis of 1961, 18 vessels were activated and remained in service until 1970.
Another 172 vessels were activated for the Vietnam War.
In August of 1990, 78 ships were deployed to support Operations Desert Storm during the Gulf War.
Hurricane Sandy also saw use of one RRF vessel, and two NDRF training vessels.
On of the worst affected is the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet.
At its peak, in 1952, the bay had 340 ships anchored.
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Sources:Wikipedia/MARAD.dot.gov/SFgate
