There she was drydocked and then laid up in reserve with a caretaker crew.

"Hey, Joe," a laconic male voice she recognized as Sam, one of the caretaker crew, said over an audio-only channel.

The caretaker crew should only have been two men.

Starting with Expedition 7, two-astronaut caretaker crews were launched in contrast to the previously launched crews of three.

Joined the Pacific Fleet in 1990 and was listed as having only a caretaker crew up to 2002.

The 16 nations building the station came up with the plan to maintain it with a two-person caretaker crew.

There were no populations, so when they would finish a city, they would just seal up the doors and windows, put a caretaker crew in, and leave it.

Between 1933 and 1935, each of DesRon 2's divisions took a turn spending six months pierside with a caretaker crew.

Nine days later she sailed north to Bremerton, Washington, where she remained, with a caretaker crew, until 23 March 1921.

They all have caretaker crews aboard.