Retrieved February 17, 2017. ↑ The NDRF was established under Section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946. ↑ The NDRF had 251 ships as of August 31, 2006. On January 1, 2003, the number was 274 vessels. ↑ NDRF anchorage sites were originally located at Stony Point in New York, Fort Eustis in the James River in Virginia, Wilmington, North Carolina, Mobile, Alabama, Beaumont, Texas; Benicia in Suisun Bay in California, Astoria, Oregon and Olympia, Washington. ↑ The Ready Reserve Force was originally known as the Ready Reserve Fleet, and consisted of 6 vessels. As of 2007, the RRF included 58 vessels, and this number has dropped to 46 as of early 2017. ↑ Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (October 2, 2015).