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LSD-50 Carter Hall

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Golf - Delta - Tango
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - National Defense Service Medal
Harpers Ferry Class Dock Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 11 November 1991, at Avondale Industries, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 2 October 1993
  • Commissioned USS Carter Hall (LSD-50), 30 September 1995
  • Carter Hall is a member of COMPHIBGRU2, COMNAVSURFLANT, and is home ported at NAB Little Creek, VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,604 t.(lt), 16,601 t.(fl)
    Length 609' 7"
    Beam 84'
    Draft 20' 4" (max)
    Speed 20+kts.
    Complement 22 Officers, 327 Enlisted
    Troop Capacity 27 Officers, 473 Enlisted
    Aircraft, helicopters (Flight Deck, 2 spots)
    Boats (Well Deck Capacity) two LCAC's
    Armament
    two (mk15 mod1) Phalanx (CIWS) 20 mm Vulcan cannon gun mounts
    two (mk16) 25 mm Bushmaster chain gun mounts
    six .50 cal machine guns
    two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launchers
    six Super Rapid Blooming Outboard Chaff launchers
    Propulsion four Colt-Pielstick 16 cylinder diesels, 2 propellers, combined SHP 33,000
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    Carter Hall 35k Carter Hall (LSD-50) ships crest Photo by Frank M. Egger - Lienz/Austria
    Carter Hall 17k Carter Hall (LSD-50) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Carter Hall 22k Carter Hall (LSD-50) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Carter Hall 228k Carter Hall (LSD-50), ramp & flight-deck, Rijeka, Croatia, 7 August 2001. Photo by Frank M. Egger - Lienz/Austria
    Carter Hall 91k Carter Hall (LSD-50), stern gate, Rijeka, Croatia, 7 August 2001. Photo by Frank M. Egger - Lienz/Austria
    Carter Hall 193k Carter Hall (LSD-50), in port, Rijeka, Croatia, 7 August 2001. Photo by Frank M. Egger - Lienz/Austria
    Carter Hall 94k Carter Hall (LSD-50) and LCU-1660, in port, Rijeka, Croatia, 7 August 2001. Photo by Frank M. Egger - Lienz/Austria
    Carter Hall 60k Carter Hall (LSD-50) at anchor off the French Mediterranean coast, 26 June 1997.
    Photo Guy Schaeffer (Authorized for publication at Navsource) Collection Paolo Marsan, France .    		 Paolo Marsan
    Carter Hall 55k Carter Hall (LSD-50) underway in the Persian Gulf, 22 February 2006.
    US Navy photo.    		 Jack Treutle
    Carter Hall 72k Carter Hall (LSD-50) "Welcome Aboard" pamphlet, 2006 (front and back pages). Jack Treutle
    Carter Hall 170k Carter Hall (LSD-50) "Welcome Aboard" pamphlet, 2006 (inside pages). Jack Treutle
    There is no DANFS history available for Carter Hall (LSD-50) at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)
    Navy Fact File - Dock Landing Ship - LSD
    The LSDs of the US Navy
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