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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 - China Service Medal (extended) - 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:
TransRon Nineteen, COMO C. D. Edgar USN (12);
TransDiv Fifty-Five and participated in the following campaigns;

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February 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 (APA-70) was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.6 (Target Vessel Group - Merchant Type Units - Transport Division 91 (TRANSDIV 91) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946

Damaged, 1 July 1946, during Test Able at Bikini Atoll

Decommissioned at Kwajelein, 26 August 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 30 April 1948

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

USS Carteret earned 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 2,600 DWT

non-refrigerated 85,000 cu. ft.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA radar-directed gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 9,695 Bbls

Diesel 375 Bbls

Propulsion

two Westinghouse turbo-electric drive

two Babcock & Wilcox 450psi 750° boilers
Ship's Service Generators
one turbo-drive 250Kw 450V A.C.
one turbo-drive 150Kw 450V A.C.
one turbo-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.

two propellers 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	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
100307006	91k	*USS Carteret* (APA-70)** at Bikini Atoll following the Crossroads "Able" atomic bomb test, between 7 July 1946 and 8 July 1946. U.S. Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center film 428-NPC-18564 "Target Ships post "A" Day - Bikini" U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Identifier (NAID) 81108.	Robert Hurst

USS Carteret (APA-70)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Hunter, John Lee, USNR	3 December 1944 - April 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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