Английская Википедия:Chourre-class aircraft repair ship

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The Chourre-class aircraft repair ship was a class of repair ships that were operated by the United States Navy during World War II.[1]

Design

Шаблон:Main Chourre-class was the first ship class to be designated as aircraft repair ships in the Navy. The class consists of two ships converted from the EC2-S-C1, also known as Liberty ships.

The ships were Шаблон:Convert long overall (Шаблон:Convert between perpendiculars, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert. She had a depth of Шаблон:Convert and a draft of Шаблон:Convert. She was assessed at Шаблон:GRT, Шаблон:NRT, Шаблон:DWT.[2][3]

She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of Шаблон:Convert, Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert diameter by Шаблон:Convert stroke. The engine was built by the Babcock & Wilcox. It drove a single screw propeller,[3] which could propel the ship at Шаблон:Convert.[2]

They served well throughout the war without a ship being lost to enemy action. After the war, they were decommissioned but only Chourre was reactive to take part in the Korean War.

Ships in the class

Chourre class[4]
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ARV-1 Chourre Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard 20 April 1944 22 May 1944 7 December 1944 13 September 1955 Scrapped, 5 February 1971
ARV-2 Webster 1 July 1944 5 August 1944 15 May 1945 8 June 1946 Sunk as artificial reef, 1977

References

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