Depot Ship
Seven cargo vessels were converted to spare parts depot ships to facilitate the maintenance of military equipment in oversea areas.
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- The 20 dry cargo barges originally intended for bauxite were taken by the Army and 17 were used in the southwest Pacific for storehouses.
- Of the 24 steam cargo concrete vessels, 17 were converted by the Army into floating storehouses, 5 were used by the Army as training ships and 2 found an honorable end when sunk to form part of the breakwater protecting the American landing in Normandy at Omaha beach.
- A. D. Kahn, "Concrete Ship and Barge Program, 1941-1944"
- p632 Ships for victory: a history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II
- Concrete ship
- 265-foot BCL (barge, concrete, large)
- 5 Builders of Concrete Ships
- Design MC B7-D1, 2 ships for US Army
- World War II in the Pacific Concrete Ships
- Concrete Ship hulks
- 22 covered lighters (Army floating stores warehouse or BCL), 265 feet, used by Army as floating warehouses.
- 3 lighters used as refrigerated warehouses.
- 2 Army repair ships (Army repair ship or FMS).
- Floating Marine Repair Shop
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