The Ghost Fleet, 1946-1947

The Ghost Fleet, 1946-1947

The Hudson River National Defense Fleet, officially established by Congress in 1946, served as a reserve of merchant ships ready to support military operations. Located at Jones Point (formerly Caldwell's Landing) near Dunderberg Mountain, this anchorage housed what locals called the "Ghost Fleet."

The fleet reached its peak in July 1965 with 189 ships arranged in ten rows extending several miles south from the Jones Point dock. During the Korean War, 130 ships were activated, leaving only 39 b

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