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USS Carter (DE 112)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - F - C - V

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
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
Complement: 15 / 201

Carter (DE 112) Building and Operational Data:

19 November 1943: Keel laid by the Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Del.

29 February 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Evelyn Carter Patterson, aunt of Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Jack Carter

03 May 1944: Commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Lcdr. F. J. T. Baker, USNR, in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet

22 April 1945: In company with USS Neal A. Scott (DE 769) sank German submarine U-518 in position 43.26N, 38.23W, NW of the Azores

27 October 1945: Celebrated "Navy Day" at Pensacola, Fla. in company with Guadalcanal (CVE 60), Floyd B. Parks (DD 884), and Gunnel (SS 253)

10 April 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 1 year and 11¾ months of service

14 December 1948: To China, renamed T'ai Chao (F-26), (escaped with Nationalist Forces to Taiwan in 1949, stricken in December 1973, scrapped)

10 February 1949: Struck from the NVR

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
194k	29 February 1944: Wilmington, Del. - The launching of the future USS *Carter* (DE 112) at the Dravo Corporation yard. (U.S. Navy Photo #80-G-219560 from the United States National Archives)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
35k	undated wartime images (U.S. Navy photos)	-
61k
39k
22k

Carter History
View the USS Carter (DE 112) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Carter as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Carter's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 03 May 1944 – .. May 1945	Lcdr. Francis John Torrence Baker, USNR (Comm. CO) (Sewickley, Pa.)
2.) .. May 1945 - .. Jul. 1945	Lt.(jg) John D. Shelden, USNR (Temp. CO) (Lebanon, Pa.)
3.) .. Jul. 1945 – 03 Sep. 1945	Lcdr. Francis John Torrence Baker, USNR (Sewickley, Pa.)
4.) 03 Sep. 1945 - 23 Nov. 1945	Lcdr. Donald Leonard John Dierks, USNR (Davenport, Ia.)
5.) 23 Nov. 1945 - 30 Nov. 1945	Lt. David James Thorpe, USNR

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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