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 441 ft long overall (417 ft between perpendiculars, with a beam of 56 ft. She had a depth of 34 ft and a draft of 22 ft. She was assessed at, ,.

She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 24.5 in, 37 in and 70 in diameter by 70 in stroke. The engine was built by the Babcock & Wilcox. It drove a single screw propeller, which could propel the ship at 12.5 kn.

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.