The Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) History and Heritage Program requires a cultural resources professional/historian to develop a historical context study about MARAD’s National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) and its original eight anchorages. The study would provide a broad historical context and a more complete understanding of the NDRF and how it relates to US history. This study will assist MARAD in future reviews required under Section 106 the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. § 300101) (NHPA).