USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)
Carter Hall cruising the Indian Ocean, 7 October 2007
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Carter Hall in Virginia |
Ordered | 22 December 1989 |
Laid down | 11 November 1991 |
Launched | 2 October 1993 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1995 |
Homeport | JEBLC, Virginia |
Motto | Working For Peace Ready For War |
Status | in active service |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 610 ft (190 m) |
Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion | 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW) |
Speed | over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | LCM-6 |
Capacity | 15 Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV), 4 M1 Abrams tanks |
Complement |
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Armament |
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USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) is a Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She is the second US Navy ship to be named for Carter Hall, an estate near Winchester, Virginia, built in the 1790s.
Carter Hall
As of July 2023, Carter Hall, along with
Overview
The mission of the Landing Ship Dock (LSD) is to transport and launch amphibious craft, vehicles, crews and embarked personnel in an amphibious assault. An LSD can also render limited docking and repair service to small ships and craft, and act as the Primary Control Ship (PCS) during amphibious assaults.
Carter Hall is a Cargo Variant (CV) of the
in the Navy and Marine Corps inventory.History
1990s
Carter Hall and her
2000s
In 2001, Carter Hall deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 15 April to 15 October 2001.
In 2003, she deployed as part of the Iwo Jima
On 2 June 2007, Carter Hall engaged
2010s
On 13 January 2010, Carter Hall was ordered to assist the humanitarian efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[5]
On 31 October 2012, Carter Hall was sent towards the Hurricane Sandy impact area in case the United States Navy was needed to support the disaster relief efforts.[6]
In April 2016, one of Carter Hall's sailors died after falling overboard from the ship. Navy and Coast Guard units searched for the sailor, but to no avail.[7][8][9][10]
2020s
On 1 June 2020, the Navy reported that two weeks prior, several crew members assigned to Carter Hall had tested positive for
In December 2020 the US Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the ship was planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve in 2023.[13]
The ship was one of several US Navy vessels present in the Atlantic near a suspected Chinese espionage balloon that was downed by the United States on 4 February 2023. The crew had stayed out longer, (originally returning to port on February 6), within the vicinity of the sunken parts in response to the spyballoon being sunk.[14]
Due to continued tensions with Iran, the Navy deployed Carter Hall, along with amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5), to the Gulf area via the Red Sea, in August 2023.[15]
Ship's coat of arms
The colors of the field red, white, and blue, stand for the United States. The
References
- ^ https://news.usni.org/2023/07/27/uss-bataan-uss-carter-hall-in-mediterranean-on-way-to-middle-east
- ^ "U.S. Warship Fires Warning Shots Over Vessel Boarded by Pirates Off Somali Coast". Fox News. 5 June 2007. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ^ "Navy: U.S. ship fired at pirates off Somalia". USA Today. Associated Press. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ^ "U.S. warship can't stop pirates off Somalia". CNN. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ^ Bacon, Lance M. (13 January 2010). "Carl Vinson, 6 Other Ships Headed to Haiti". Navy Times. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ Kirby, John (31 October 2012). "Oct. 31st – Hurricane Sandy Update". Department of the Navy, Office of Information. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Navy, Coast Guard searching for sailor missing off North Carolina coast". Fox News. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Lamothe, Dan (10 April 2016). "Search-and-rescue effort launched for sailor missing from Navy ship off Cape Hatteras". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Navy IDs sailor reported missing off North Carolina coast". Navy Times. Associated Press. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Seck, Hope Hodge (14 April 2016). "Navy Identifies Sailor Who Went Missing Off North Carolina Coast". Military.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Cleaned After COVID-19 Detection, Amphib Carter Hall Awaits Crew's Return". 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels" (PDF). Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 9 December 2020. p. 16. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down off South Carolina coast". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "US-IRAN TENSIONS HIGH". castanet.net. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
External links
- USS Carter Hall official website
- Photo gallery of USS Carter Hall at NavSource Naval History
- nvr.navy.mil: USS Carter Hall