Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Carter

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Carter
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-219560 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Launch of the U.S. Navy destrpyer escort USS Carter (DE-112) at the Dravo Corporation in Wilmington, Delaware (USA), on 29 February 1944.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Carter (DE-112)3 May 1944 — 10 April 1946487 days of the war
  2. as ROCS Taizhao (太昭) (DE-26)14 December 1948 — December 1973
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Carter
Namesake
Jack Carter
Builder
Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down
19 November 1943
Launched
29 February 1944
Commissioned
3 May 1944
Decommissioned
10 April 1946
Struck
10 February 1949
Fate
Scrapped
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
Complement
216
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Carter was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Jack Carter. Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware laid her keel on 19 November 1943. She entered service on 3 May 1944, having been launched on 29 February 1944.

79 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Carter (DE-112) until 10 April 1946. She was in commission for 487 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 10 February 1949.

She was broken up for scrap.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

54 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Carter on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-219560 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons