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Interesting examples from the 1920's of rare early auxiliaries deliberately designed for their roles include the destroyer tenders USS Dobbin and USS Whitney, the repair ship USS Medusa, and the submarine tender USS Holland: these 4 ships had the same length hulls and similar superstructures, so they were likely of the same basic design.
Some large types of US tenders such as Destroyer tender's, are equivalent to British depot ship's. Tenders may also refer to British repair ships and boats used to transfer people and stores to larger vessels.
The list of auxiliary ship classes in service includes all auxiliary ships in naval service in the world. For combatant ships, see the list of naval ship classes in service . This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
An auxiliary ship is a naval ship designed to support combatant ships and other naval operations. [1] Auxiliary ships are not primary combatant vessels, though they may have some limited combat capacity, usually for purposes of self-defense.
A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water.Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances.
British depot ship's are equivalent to some large types of US tenders such as Destroyer tender's. Tenders may also refer to British repair ships and boats used to transfer people and stores to larger vessels.
The Clovelly-class fleet tenders, also known as the Cartmel class, are a class of Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service boats built between 1967 and 1982. The class was named after villages and small towns in Great Britain.
USS Wright (AZ-1/AV-1) was a one-of-a-kind auxiliary ship in the United States Navy, named for aviation pioneer Orville Wright. Originally built as a kite balloon tender, she was converted into a seaplane tender after kite balloons were no longer used.