Chourre-class aircraft repair ship

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

Design

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 long overall ( between perpendiculars, with a beam of. She had a depth of and a draft of. She was assessed at ,,.
She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of, and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by the Babcock & Wilcox. It drove a single screw propeller, which could propel the ship at.
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.