What is "mother ship"

n. A vessel or aircraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.

Mother Ship is an album by American organist Larry Young recorded in 1969 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.

Mother ship or Mothership may refer to:

• Mother ship - a vessel or aircraft which carries smaller vessels or aircraft which operate independently of it
• Mother Ship an album by jazz organist Larry Young
• Mothership (album) - compilation album (2007) by Led Zeppelin
• Mothership (song) - single (2006) by Enter Shikari
• Mothership Connection - album (1975) by the George Clinton band Parliament.
  Related:

:* Mothership Connection (Star Child) - single from 1975 album

:* Mothership Connection Newberg Session (1976 album)

:* The Mothership Connection – Live from Houston (1986 album)

:* P-Funk Mothership

• Mothership (composition) - 2011 composition by Mason Bates
• Mo Thugs III: The Mothership - album (2000) by Mo Thugs Family
• The long-running NBC legal drama, Law & Order (1990-2010), has been nicknamed 'The Mothership' by its fanbase