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.