Seacraft Repair Ship
Through allocation from the War Shipping Administration a motley collection of six cargo ships were converted into RS-class marine repair ships. Five were similar in size, 350–390 feet and one other, the 202 foot James B. Houston, was previously named the USAT Kivichak, which had been grounded in British Columbia in 1941. She was salvaged and pressed back into service because of the wartime shortage of ships. The transportation Corps was spared the challenge of manning these vessels by turning them over to Coast Guard crews while retaining administrative and operational control. These ships all served in the southwest Pacific area, operating in New Guinea and the Philippines where the shore facilities were not sufficient for the repair of floating equipment.
Army Marine Ship Repair Company (T/O & E 55-47):
This is a mobile maintenance and repair unit capable of traveling from installation to installation in a theater to perform third and minor fourth echelon maintenance and repairs to small boats, harbor craft, floating equipment, and in some cases repairs to larger vessels. The company is equipped with an especially converted ship or barge, fully equipped with machine, electric, engine, wood-working, rigging and paint shops. FM 55-6, Military transportation service in theaters of operations, DECEMBER 1945, p55...
Marine Repair Ships That Fell Through the Cracks of World War II History
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