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DE- 112 USS CARTER

CLASS: Cannon TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Dravo, Wilmington DE on 19 November 1943, Launched 29 February 1944
Commissioned 3 May 1944, Decommissioned 10 April 1946
Stricken 10 February 1949
To China China December 14 1948.
Renamed Tai Chao.
Escaped with National Forces to Taiwan.
Fate to China 14 December 1948, renamed Tai Chao (F-26), stricken in December 1973, scrapped

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USS CARTER DE- 112 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

NONE LOCATED
Contact Name: Michael Bartelmo
Address: 3744 7th Ave. / San Diego CA 92103
Phone: (619) 491-0035
E-mail:mbartelmo@eudoramail.com


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