Repair ship

Repair ships provide similar services to destroyer, submarine and seaplane tenders or depot ships, but may offer a broader range of repair capability including equipment and personnel for repair of more significant machinery failures or battle damage.

[6] Luzon-class Basilan class Landing Craft Repair Ships were used to repair the thousands of Landing craft built for World War II.

Achelous-class repair ship HMS Resource was built in 1928 and remained the sole Royal Navy repair ship at the outbreak of World War II.

[1] The following ships were converted to meet wartime needs: These Xanthus-class repair ships were built to Royal Navy specifications by Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard in 1944, but only the first two were temporarily loaned to the United Kingdom while the others were retained for use by the United States Navy:[11] Japan found repair ships valuable for Pacific island bases.

The pre-dreadnought battleship Asahi was modified and recommissioned as a repair ship in 1938.

USS Medusa was the first United States Navy ship built as a repair ship.
With a capable crew of qualified repairmen, USS Vulcan was kept in good repair for a long service life.
HMS Artifex
HMS Diligence