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Fleet Train

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Fleet Train, term used to describe the supply and repair ships that supported Allied warships during the Pacific war. convoys would sail from the US west coast to an intermediate port where ships of the Fleet Train would load supplies, ammunition, and fuel and transport them to the ships in operational areas. When the British Pacific Fleet was formed at the end of 1944 (see Task Force 57) it had to rely heavily on American help, as sufficient merchant ships could not be spared from supplying the UK. By August 1945 the British Fleet Train comprised 92 ships. See also logistics.

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fleet train

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fleet train, the generic term used during the Second World War (1939–45) to describe an assembly of auxiliary vessels, such as oilers, repair ships, ammunition ships, provision and store ships, etc. This accompanied a fighting fleet to sea on operations and enabled it to remain operational for long periods without having to return to port. The term now usually employed for the function is afloat support.

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