Auxiliary ship
Auxiliary ships are ships in the service of a navy that are not used for direct combat operations, but provide logistical support for the combat units. This essentially includes supply ships of all kinds, such as tankers , but also tugs and port service and special vehicles.
Auxiliary ships can carry light armament. They are not always militarily manned, some have civilian occupations or a mixture of both variants.
Unlike combat ships, civil auxiliary ships are not included in the list of warships ; As a sign of their status, in many countries they fly a special flag instead of the flag of the naval forces . In the case of the German Navy , this is the federal service flag .
literature
- Federal Ministry of Transport: Manual for German Maritime Shipping and Official List of Seagoing Ships with Distinguishing Signals / Radio Call Signs of the Federal Republic of Germany as an appendix to the International Signal Book , H. Rauschenbusch, 1965.
- Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945 . Volume 5, Auxiliary Ships II: Hospital Ships, Residential Ships, Training Ships, Research Vehicles, Port Service Vehicles . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1988, ISBN 3-7637-4804-0 .
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