WordNet
supply ship
n. ship that usually provides supplies to other ships [syn: tender]
Wikipedia
Supply ship
Supply ship may refer to:
- platform supply vessel, to supply offshore oil platforms
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auxiliary ship in a navy, in particular
- replenishment oiler
Usage examples of "supply ship".
The officer he was replacing had boarded the courier ship with such avid relief on her face that he had grinned back at her on his way off the FSP supply ship.
With the wind nearly in the east, and Cape Creux running out almost directly eastwards, there was a chance that some supply ship or other, compelled to stand far out from the land to weather the point, might be caught at dawn out of range of the shore batteries, having neglected to make this dangerous passage at night.
Everyone wanted to start on a cruiser, not some tinpot little escort vessel or clumsy Fleet supply ship.