USS Carter Hall (LSD-3)

History
United States
Name	Carter Hall
Namesake	Carter Hall in Virginia
Builder	Moore Dry Dock Company
Launched	4 March 1943
Commissioned	18 September 1943
Decommissioned	12 February 1947
Recommissioned	26 January 1951
Decommissioned	31 October 1969
Stricken	31 October 1969
Fate	Sold for scrap, 28 August 1970
General characteristics
Class and type	Ashland-class dock landing ship
Displacement	7,930 tons (loaded), 4,032 tons (light draft)
Length	457 ft 9 in (139.52 m) overall
Beam	72 ft 2 in (22.00 m)
Draft	8 ft 2+1⁄2 in (2.502 m) fwd,   10 ft 0+1⁄2 in (3.061 m) aft (light);   15 ft 5+1⁄2 in (4.712 m) fwd,   16 ft 2 in (4.93 m) aft (loaded)
Propulsion	2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 Skinner Uniflow Reciprocating Steam Engines, 2 propeller shafts – each shaft 3,700 hp, at 240 rpm total shaft horse power 7,400, 2 11 ft 9 in diameter, 9 ft 9 in pitch propellers
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Range	8,000 nmi. at 15 knots (15,000 km at 28 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	3 × LCT (Mk V or VI)   each w/ 5 medium tanks or 2 × LCT (Mk III or IV)   each w/ 12 medium tanks or 14 × LCM (Mk III)   each w/ 1 medium tank   or 1,500 long tons cargo or 47 × DUKW or 41 × LVT or Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity
Capacity	22 officers, 218 men
Complement	23 officers, 267 men
Armament	1 × DP gun; 2 × AA guns; 2 × 40 mm twin AA guns; 16 × 20 mm AA guns
Aircraft carried	modified 1952 to accommodate helicopters on an added portable deck

USS Carter Hall (LSD-3) was an Ashland-class dock landing ship in the United States Navy, named in honor of Carter Hall, the Millwood, Virginia estate of Lt. Col. Nathaniel Burwell (1750–1814).

Carter Hall was

Carter Hall arrived at

Carter Hall sailed from Hollandia on 12 October 1944 with the Palo Attack Group of the Northern Attack Force, bound for the landings on Red Beach near Tacloban, San Pedro Bay, Philippines on 20 October. Working efficiently in the apparent chaos that concealed the intricate, smoothly meshed landing plans, Carter Hall's men carried out their key role both in landing their craft and in caring for small craft through 24 October, when she made her retirement as the Battle of Leyte Gulf raged nearby. Her participation in the Leyte operation continued as she carried cargo from New Guinea on a series of runs until 17 November. From then until 30 December, she was stationed in San Pedro Bay as tender and supply ship for landing craft.

Overhauled at Oakland, California, between 31 January and 4 April 1945, Carter Hall returned to

Occupation duty at

1951–1956

Recommissioned 26 January 1951 for duty in the

• Top Row: China Service Medal (extended) — American Campaign Medal
• Second Row:
  Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) — World War II Victory Medal — Navy Occupation Service Medal
  (with Asia clasp)
• Third Row: National Defense Service Medal (2) — Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 4-Vietnam) — Vietnam Service Medal (5)
• Fourth Row:
  Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
• Fifth Row: Individual Combat Action Ribbon (crewmembers aboard 13 December 1966)

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

• "Carter Hall". DANFS. U.S.
  Naval Historical Center
  . Retrieved 20 March 2008.
• Priolo, Gary P. (10 August 2007). "APM-3 / LSD-3 Carter Hall". Amphibious Photo Archive. NavSource Online. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
• "Carter Hall". DANFS. Hazegray.org. Retrieved 20 March 2008.