A repair ship is a naval auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to . Repair ships provide similar services to destroyer tender, submarine tender and or , but may offer a broader range of repair capability including equipment and personnel for repair of more significant machinery failures or battle damage.[Lenton & Colledge, p.333]
United States Navy
The United States Navy became aware of the need for repair ships to maintain
Asiatic Fleet ships stationed in the
Philippines. Two colliers were converted to and in 1913 before the purpose-built was completed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1923.
Repair Ships (AR)
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Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ships (ARG)
Internal combustion engine repair ships specialized in the maintenance and repair of
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landing craft and boats at US Naval Advance Bases. Most were named after islands of the
Philippines.
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Luzon-class
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USS Oglala
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USS Luzon (ARG-2)
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USS Mindanao (ARG-3)
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USS Tutuila (ARG-4)
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USS Oahu (ARG-5)
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USS Cebu (ARG-6)
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USS Culebra Island (ARG-7)
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USS Leyte (ARG-8), renamed USS Maui
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USS Mona Island (ARG-9)
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USS Palawan (ARG-10)
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USS Samar (ARG-11)
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USS Dumaran (ARG-14)
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USS Masbate (ARG-15), later ARV-2 aircraft repair ship
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USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16)
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USS Hooper Island (ARG-17)
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USS Beaver, ex-AS-5
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USS Otus (ARG-20), ex-AS-20
Basilan class
Heavy-hull Repair Ships (ARH)
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USS Jason (ARH-1), later AR-8
Landing Craft Repair Ships (ARL)
Landing Craft Repair Ships were used to repair the thousands of
Landing craft built for World War II.
Achelous-class repair ship
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USS Amycus, ex- LST-489
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USS Agenor, ex- LST-490
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USS Adonis, ex- LST-83
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USS ARL-5, ex- LST-81
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USS ARL-6, ex- LST-82
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USS Atlas (ARL-7), ex- LST-231
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USS Egeria (ARL-8), ex- LST-136
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USS Endymion (ARL-9), ex- LST-513
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USS Coronis (ARL-10), ex- LST-1003
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USS Creon (ARL-11), ex- LST-1036
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USS Poseidon (ARL-12), ex- LST-1037
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USS Menelaus (ARL-13), ex- LST-971
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USS Minos (ARL-14), ex- LST-644
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USS Minotaur (ARL-15), ex- LST-645
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USS Myrmidon (ARL-16), ex- LST-948
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USS Numitor (ARL-17), ex- LST-954
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USS Pandemus (ARL-18), ex- LST-650
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USS Patroclus, ex- LST-955
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USS Pentheus (ARL-20), ex- LST-1115
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USS Proserpine (ARL-21), ex- LST-1116
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USS Romulus (ARL-22), ex- LST-961
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USS Satyr (ARL-23), ex- LST-852
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USS Sphinx (ARL-24), ex- LST-962
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USS ARL-25, canceled
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USS Stentor (ARL-26), ex- LST-858
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USS Tantalus (ARL-27), ex- LST-1117
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USS Typhon (ARL-28), ex- LST-1118
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USS Amphitrite (ARL-29), ex- LST-1124
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USS Askari, ex- LST-1131
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USS Bellerophon (ARL-31), ex- LST-1132
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USS Bellona, ex- LST-1136
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USS Chimaera (ARL-33), ex- LST-1137
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USS Daedalus (ARL-35), ex- LST-1143
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USS Gordius (ARL-36), ex- LST-1145
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USS Indra (ARL-37), ex- LST-1147
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USS Krishna (ARL-38), ex- LST-1149
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USS Quirinus (ARL-39), ex- LST-1151
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USS Remus (ARL-40), ex- LST-453
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USS Conus (ARL-44), conversion from LST-317 cancelled
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USS Feronia (ARL-45), conversion from LST-332 cancelled
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United Kingdom
was built in 1928 and remained the sole [[Royal Navy]] repair ship at the outbreak of World War II.[ The following ships were converted to meet wartime needs:
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Lend/Lease
These
Xanthus-class repair ships were built to Royal Navy specifications by Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard in 1944, but only the first two were temporarily loaned to the United Kingdom while the others were retained for use by the United States Navy:
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was intended to be HMS Faithful (F177)
Japan
Japan found repair ships valuable for Pacific island bases. The pre-dreadnought battleship
Asahi was modified and recommissioned as a repair ship in 1938. The 9,000-ton purpose-designed repair ship
Akashi was launched in 1938 as the intended prototype for a class of five ships, but the remaining four ships were cancelled as other wartime shipbuilding projects assumed higher priority.
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See also
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