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APA-70 Carteret

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - November - Juliet

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Gilliam Class Attack Transport:

Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1863) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.

Launched, 15 August 1944

Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 2 December 1944

Commissioned USS Carteret (APA-70), 3 December 1944, LCDR. J. L. Hunter in command

During World War II Carteret was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns;

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 April to 2 March 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 9 to 16 April 1945

Following World War II Carteret performed occupation service in the Far East

Carteret was assigned to Operation Crossroads as a target vessel between May and August 1946

Decommissioned at Bikini Atoll, 6 August 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sunk by gunfire from Toledo (CA-133) off Kwajalein 19 April 1948

Carteret received two battle stars for World War II service

Displacement 4,247 t.(lt), 7,080 t.(fl)
Length 426'
Beam 58'
Draft 16'
Speed 16.9 kts.
Complement 27 Officers 295 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations 47 Officers, 802 Enlisted
Cargo Capacity 85,000 cu. ft., 600 t.
Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion Westinghouse turbo-electric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
95k	Carteret (APA-70) at anchor off San Pedro, CA., 24 December 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 12 (Modified), Design 15F. US National Archives photo # 19-N-77259 from the US Navy BUSHIPS collection now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
162k	Carteret (APA-70) at anchor off San Pedro, CA., 24 December 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 12 (Modified), Design 15F. US National Archives photo # 19-N-77260 from the US Navy BUSHIPS collection now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
49k	Carteret (APA-70) underway, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Paul Conrad. Photo from the estate of the late LCDR Shazer, DC USNR USS Carteret's Dentist.
73k	Carteret (APA-70) at anchor, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Paul Conrad. Photo from the estate of the late LCDR Shazer, DC USNR USS Carteret's Dentist.
83k	Carteret (APA-70) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., circa early 1946.. US Navy photo # NH 78161 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973.	Robert Hurst

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DANFS history entry Located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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