Arepair ship is a navalauxiliary ship designed to providemaintenance support towarships. Repair ships provide similar services todestroyer,submarine andseaplane tenders ordepot ships, but may offer a broader range of repair capability including equipment and personnel for repair of more significant machinery failures or battle damage.[1]
HMS Resource was built in 1928 and remained the soleRoyal Navy repair ship at the outbreak of World War II.[1] The following ships were converted to meet wartime needs:
TheseXanthus-class repair ships were built to Royal Navy specifications byBethlehem 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:[11]
Japan found repair ships valuable for Pacific island bases. The pre-dreadnought battleshipAsahi was modified and recommissioned as a repair ship in 1938. The 9,000-ton purpose-designed repair shipAkashi 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.[12]
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