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Master and Commander
Posts: 1890
Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: Internal Combustion Engine Repair ship.
I have been doing family research as a hobby for some years.
I recently came across a military record of one of my mother's first cousins.
He served on a type of ship I never heard of before:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Luzon_(ARG-2)
Internal Combustion Engine Repair ship.
Edited by Thomas Courtien 2020-02-15 3:03 PM
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Plankowner
Posts: 9165
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: USS Luzon
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/29/2902.htm |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2490
Location: East Coast of Wisconsin | Subject: RE: ---
Yep. Auxiliary Repair, the G for gasoline.
There were lots of AR designation. Including just plain old AR and ARB for battle damage, ARL for light, etc.
( I spent 4 years on the same skimmer and learned a lot of this stuff.
Not enough? Go here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hull_classifications
Edited by Holland Club 2020-02-15 11:51 AM
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1323
Location: Oxnard, CA | Subject: RE: ---
There was an ARD - floating drydock - in Guam back in 1965/1967 era. Lifted my minesweep out of the water on each WESTPAC deployment. It was a non-self-propelled drydock but had a navy crew and was complete with berthing spaces, a galley and mess decks, diesel engines for electrical power and to power the flooding pumps. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1576
Location: Wollongong, NSW | Subject: RE: Internal Combustion Engine Repair ship.
For years, we had HMAS Stalwart, a dedicated repair ship. Was supposed to be used for deployments away but very frequently had ships alongside at the main Sydney base - I presume for normal 'internal maintenance' (SMP) routines. |
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Internal Combustion Engine Repair ship.
