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Aircraft repair ship is a naval auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to aircraft. Aircraft repair ships provide similar services to seaplane tenders, that also cared for the crew. Ai
USS Chloris, an aircraft repair ship
USS Chourre, aircraft repair ship
The Liberty ship Rebecca Lukens, part of U.S. Army's Operation Ivory Soap, was converted into a floating machine shop, repair, and maintenance depot and rechristened as the Maj Gen Herbert A Dargue
Boeing B-29 Superfortress in flight
Carrier Aircraft Service Units were United States Navy units formed during World War II for the Pacific War to support naval aircraft operations. From 1942 to 1946, 69 Carrier Aircraft Service Units w
Aircraft repair ship
…to 1933 During World War II there was a great demand for aircraft repair ships. The US Navy aircraft repair ship were manned by repair units, called Carrier Aircraft Service Units. If needed a Carrier Aircraft Service Unit could be redesignated into a Combat Aircraft Service Unit, Scout Observation Service unit or Patrol Service…
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Grumman F4F Wildcat maintenance 1943
Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 52 Camp and Administration on Naval Base Iwo Jima in 1945
US Navy K-class blimp