While riding past the U.S. Navy ship "graveyard" located at Middle Loch in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (the Waipahu side of Pearl Harbor) I wondered how many ships were in this "graveyard". While researching I found out that this Middle Loch U.S. Navy ship "graveyard" is also known as a bone yard.
This Navy "Inactive" ship facility is just one of the three remaining bone yards for decommissioned vessels. This facility has been renamed about four times and is now known as the "Inactive Ships On-Site Maintenance Office".
The following information is of the remaining decommissioned ships in Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in the bone yard, their type, dates of commission and decommission. You can click on the links to learn more about the ships.
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Ship |
Type |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Dock Landing Ship |
March 15, 1969 |
October 01, 2003 |
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Destroyer Tender |
June 6, 1981 |
December 16, 1994 |
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Misc. Command Ship |
May 23, 1970 |
Feb. 25, 2005 |
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Amphibious Transport Dock |
Dec. 18, 1965 |
Sept. 28, 2005 |
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Amphibious Cargo Ship |
May 24, 1969 |
Feb. 25, 2005 |
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Tank Landing Ship |
Nov. 22, 1969 |
April 8, 1993 |
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Amphibious Transport Dock |
July 12, 1969 |
Oct. 31, 2008 |
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Ammunition Ship |
Aug. 10, 1968 |
Oct. 1, 1980 |
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Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter) |
Nov. 16, 1968 |
Oct. 01, 1997 |
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Combat store ship |
April 29, 1967 |
Sept. 23, 1994 |
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Amphibious Transport Dock |
June 19, 1965 |
Feb. 21, 2007 |
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Tank Landing Ship |
July 9, 1971 |
Oct. 2, 1993 |
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Amphibious Cargo Ship |
Nov. 22, 1969 |
Nov. 2, 1992 |
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Amphibious Assault Ship |
May 29, 1976 |
March 31, 2009 |
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Tank Landing Ship |
Oct. 24, 1970 |
Feb. 18, 1994 |
My son was stationed on the USS Kitty Hawk and it was homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. The day the war broke out in Iraq he was aboard the USS Kitty Hawk in the Persian Gulf. It was March 19th and it was his birthday. He has since come home in 2006 and the USS Kitty Hawk sailed it's last voyage and participated in the RIMPAC 2008, The GEORGE WASHINGTON replaced the KITTY HAWK in Japan. The USS Kitty Hawk continued on to Bremerton, Washington where it was decommissioned since January 31, 2009.
Picture below was taken on July 4th, 2008 while docked in between the RIMPAC 2008 excercises.
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