[FT] Tenders? RE: Fleet Replenishment tenders

Just for clarity, does tender 'tend' to be for a particular target vessel,
such as a submarine or destroyer tender, with general supplies, and other
ships toward particular functions, such at oiler and ammunition ship?

The_Beast

Take a peek at www.navy.mil for a listing of types of ships and such.

They have what's called the "Fast Combat Support" ship. It can carry 177000
barrels of oil, 2150 tons of ammo, and 750 tons of stores (dry and cold).

This would imply that it can service any/all surface ships in the task
force.

There is also the Sumarine Tender which is used to service attack subs.

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Damo
> Just for clarity, does tender 'tend' to be for a particular target

Spoke too soon...scrolling down the list
(http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ffiletop.html) shows all
sorts of support craft under the "Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force." These ships
are associated with the Military Sealift Command which "operates
an average of 120 government-owned and commercial charter ships."

My bad...

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Damo

> At 10:05 AM -0600 11/24/03, Doug Evans wrote:

Depends. In WWII, it was a ship that could drop anchor in an
un-improved area and had all that was necessary for servicing
Submarines (or some other type that it's equipped for) in the middle
of no-where. It could have been a PT boat tender, a DD tender, etc.
Basically, all the things that cant be fixed on the tended vessel are able to
be fixed on the tender with built in shops, what can't be fixed is either
requiring a dry dock or is a part that they can carry.

In FT terms, this would be for System Defense craft either as a supply point
for them or as portion of the supply tail for a larger jump capable vessel
class.

The idea is that if you can push rear area type repair facilities out to where
your vessels are working and fighting, you can get them to spend more time in
the fight and less time transiting to rear areas to get major repairs, spare
parts and problems resolved that they cannot perform themselves. Remember,
Naval Vessels are kind of a mobile base in and of themselves, but their
mission limits the amount of spare parts and armament they can carry. A Tender
would of course also carry consumables, but it's main purpose is to supply
repair facilities in the middle of nowhere. Military Supply vessels
(combination Tanker/Ammunition/Supply ships) can carry out the more
mundane task of transferring consumables underway or at anchor in the middle
of nowhere.

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> Just for clarity, does tender 'tend' to be for a particular target

> such as a submarine or destroyer tender, with general supplies, and

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