A crew are tasked with resurrecting the most powerful space warship ever constructed, now mothballed, but in the absence of the proper recognition codes, now long forgotten, the ship defends itself against all who approach... The Mothballed Spaceship was written for Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology, which Harry Harrison edited. It was later reprinted in Harrison’s collections The Best of Harry Harrison and Stainless Steel Visions. Set in the same universe as Harrison’s Deathworld trilogy, the story was included in an omnibus edition of that series published by BenBella Books in 2005 (earlier omnibus editions of the trilogy do not include this story).