Repair ship

United States Navy

The United States Navy became aware of the need for repair ships to maintain Asiatic Fleet ships stationed in the Philippines. Two colliers were converted to USS Prometheus and Vestal in 1913 before the purpose-built USS Medusa was completed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1923.

Repair Ships (AR)

• USS Medusa (AR-1)
• USS Bridgeport (AR-2)
• USS Prometheus (AR-3)
• USS Vestal (AR-4)
• USS Vulcan (AR-5)
• USS Ajax (AR-6)
• USS Hector (AR-7)
• USS Jason (AR-8)
• USS Delta (AR-9)
• USS Alcor (AR-10)
• USS Rigel (AR-11)
• USS Briareus (AR-12)
• USS Amphion (AR-13)
• USS Cadmus (AR-14)
• USS Xanthus (AR-19)
• USS Laertes (AR-20)
• USS Dionysus (AR-21)
• USS Klondike (AR-22)
• USS Markab (AR-23)
• USS Grand Canyon (AR-28)

Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ships (ARG)

Internal combustion engine repair ships specialized in the maintenance and repair of gasoline engines and diesel engines. Commonly work was performed on PT boats, submarines, and many types of landing craft and boats at US Naval Advance Bases. Most were named after islands of the Philippines.

Luzon-class

• USS Oglala (ARG-1)
• USS Luzon (ARG-2)
• USS Mindanao (ARG-3)
• USS Tutuila (ARG-4)
• USS Oahu (ARG-5)
• USS Cebu (ARG-6)
• USS Culebra Island (ARG-7)
• USS Leyte (ARG-8), renamed USS Maui
• USS Mona Island (ARG-9)
• USS Palawan (ARG-10)
• USS Samar (ARG-11)
• USS Dumaran (ARG-14)
• USS Masbate (ARG-15), later ARV-2 aircraft repair ship
• USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16)
• USS Hooper Island (ARG-17)
• USS Beaver (ARG-19), ex-AS-5
• USS Otus (ARG-20), ex-AS-20

Basilan class

• USS Basilan (ARG-12), ex-AG-68
• USS Burias (ARG-13), ex-AG-69

Heavy-hull Repair Ships (ARH)

• USS Jason (ARH-1), later AR-8

Landing Craft Repair Ships (ARL)

Landing Craft Repair Ships were used to repair the thousands of Landing craft built for World War II.

Achelous-class repair ship

• USS Achelous (ARL-1), ex-LST-10
• USS Amycus (ARL-2), ex-LST-489
• USS Agenor (ARL-3), ex-LST-490
• USS Adonis (ARL-4), ex-LST-83
• USS ARL-5, ex-LST-81
• USS ARL-6, ex-LST-82
• USS Atlas (ARL-7), ex-LST-231
• USS Egeria (ARL-8), ex-LST-136
• USS Endymion (ARL-9), ex-LST-513
• USS Coronis (ARL-10), ex-LST-1003
• USS Creon (ARL-11), ex-LST-1036
• USS Poseidon (ARL-12), ex-LST-1037
• USS Menelaus (ARL-13), ex-LST-971
• USS Minos (ARL-14), ex-LST-644
• USS Minotaur (ARL-15), ex-LST-645
• USS Myrmidon (ARL-16), ex-LST-948
• USS Numitor (ARL-17), ex-LST-954
• USS Pandemus (ARL-18), ex-LST-650
• USS Patroclus (ARL-19), ex-LST-955
• USS Pentheus (ARL-20), ex-LST-1115
• USS Proserpine (ARL-21), ex-LST-1116
• USS Romulus (ARL-22), ex-LST-961
• USS Satyr (ARL-23), ex-LST-852
• USS Sphinx (ARL-24), ex-LST-962
• USS ARL-25, canceled
• USS Stentor (ARL-26), ex-LST-858
• USS Tantalus (ARL-27), ex-LST-1117
• USS Typhon (ARL-28), ex-LST-1118
• USS Amphitrite (ARL-29), ex-LST-1124
• USS Askari (ARL-30), ex-LST-1131
• USS Bellerophon (ARL-31), ex-LST-1132
• USS Bellona (ARL-32), ex-LST-1136
• USS Chimaera (ARL-33), ex-LST-1137
• USS Daedalus (ARL-35), ex-LST-1143
• USS Gordius (ARL-36), ex-LST-1145
• USS Indra (ARL-37), ex-LST-1147
• USS Krishna (ARL-38), ex-LST-1149
• USS Quirinus (ARL-39), ex-LST-1151
• USS Remus (ARL-40), ex-LST-453
• USS Achilles (ARL-41), ex-LST-455
• USS Aeolus (ARL-42), conversion from LST-310 cancelled
• USS Cerberus (ARL-43), conversion from LST-316, cancelled
• USS Conus (ARL-44), conversion from LST-317 cancelled
• USS Feronia (ARL-45), conversion from LST-332 cancelled
• USS Chandra (ARL-46), conversion from LST-350 cancelled
• USS Minerva (ARL-47), conversion from LST-374 cancelled