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USS Carteret (APA-70)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - November - Juliet
NJNJ

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, date unknown, 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. John Lee Hunter in command

During World War II USS 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 15 April 1945

Following World War II USS Carteret was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
17 to 27 October 1945	19 January to 1 February 1946
15 December 1945 to 1 January 1946

USS 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 USS Toledo (CA-133) off Kwajalein 19 April 1948

USS Carteret received two battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 4,247 t.(lt), 7,080 t.(fl)
Length 426'
Beam 58'
Draft 16.9'
Speed 16.9 kts.
Complement

Officers 27

Enlisted 293
Troop Capacity

Officers 47

Enlisted 802
Cargo Capacity 85,000 cu. ft., 2,600 t.
Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA radar-directed gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion

two Westinghouse turbo-electric drive

two Babcock & Wilcox 450psi 750° boilers

Ships Service Generators

one turbo-drive 250kW 450V A.C.

one turbo-drive 150kW 450V A.C

one turbo-drive100kW 120/240V D.C.

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 9,695 Bbls

Diesel 375 Bbls

two propellers 6,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
95k	*USS 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	*USS 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	*USS 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	*USS 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	*USS 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

USS Carteret (APA-70)
DANFS history entry Located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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