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]
See main article: Liberty ship. 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 441feet long overall (417feet between perpendiculars, with a beam of 56feet. She had a depth of 34feet and a draft of 22feet. She was assessed at,, .[2] [3]
She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 24.5inches, 37inches and 70inches diameter by 70inches stroke. The engine was built by the Babcock & Wilcox. It drove a single screw propeller, which could propel the ship at 12.5kn.
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.
| 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 |