Carter Hall (LSD 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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Gite in fra -g .4 T RDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1943 wk . '-My 160 Chung Chens Road SHANGHAI' SA - ...ai - -A -1assc.,,??i2P1?0ne,?2128- Edit ur - 1-am ' ' Deliberate flseuttlingii' E loatin Drydock Vessel Witnessed On Whan poo In full view of scores of nearby' 'in rnidstream. During the hour and ,river craft, an 8000'ton naval auxi- Ta half it took the Carter Hall to -liary, the 'U.S.S. Carter Hall, yes- -go Clown, perfect order and calm terday morning sank at its moorings reigned throughout the ship. 1 in the Whangpoo. , Strangely enough, the captain of None of 'the crew of 225 men and fthe Carter Hall, Lreut. ,Commander 15 officers suffered injury, nor was any material damage to the 457- foot vessel apparent as she settled ' 4 -V 5, l '- l il-Ienry L. Jost, Jr., USNR, of Bel- fton, Mo., was not in the leastperc 'lturbed over the incident. si1a'11-be up tomorrow, and just as ever, was his , :ass Of Se1iftlinz . .,.:Sit5,ac1i1cntl ,investigation revealed l- s .case of deli , rate .het it wa ,a , U be ascuttlin , iffearried out at fliieut. Commander Jost's own orders. It waglfpart of the day's work. ' 'Siieh visits as yesterday's trip-to Davy- Jones's locker are.cp1limbnPf plate in --the history -of the Carter Hall. She has been sunk more. thaw? 500' times in nearl three years oz o erating in the gacific, and ,has allways hobbed up again readyfor her 'next assignment. She was built 'that way. The fact of the matter is that the ginger Hall is one of She' .wyfs newest type s'i s, an lfS'D1 which stands for 'llancling ship, dock. Marine architects have- designed this type of. vessel so that it can he submerged to vary- ingrlepths up to a maximum of 27 feet' in order to allow small craft to float into its midsection. Then Gate Closes When these, craft have entered the 'well, as it is called, chrough a gate in the stern of the ship. the gate is closed, and water is prmped out of the shipk ballast tanks. At Shelend of twc. hours or so of pump- ingythe ship is afloat at its normal depth and the well is dry, The small craft in the well are ready CLIPPING PRO R PAST he ,hd worked on all the way from MBI Igtlp. 0 the craft is ready to. be tllselllied, fthe ballast tanks are filled .with-' water, the f gate'f is and shun the repairedfhbat is ', afloat in the well and iablegtov leave its own power. 'Ilia-.all 'as simple in principle as the hotel elevator that goes from the ,floor 'to the basement, and backs? ,. , , The -Carter Halls iob as a sea- gding Elevator falls into iwo types. She handles both freight and 'passenger traffic. Not only does ,she dip down for ships that must 'lie drydocked for repair, hut she ,also takes aboard numerous landing craft and troop personnel Lora 'transport to distant finland bases, Has See A Lot flnjier line of dllty as a boat, and troopiftransport, and drydock the Carter Hall has operated at New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, the Solomon islands, the Marshallsgthe Marianas, the New Hebrides, '-the ,Philip ines, the Palaus, New Bri- -taixffjgorneo. Okinawa, Korea and Shanillai. -A enough idea of her capacityas a faxaging ship canvbe given by 'the 111119, .:5:0f,,,sfMll craft she turns- ported to strategic areas, The total inclndes approximately 120 amphi- biotadfftanks, 30 tank-carrying land- ing craft: more than 600 medium standing craftg 300 personnel land- ing crafty a dozen infantry landing craft, three PT boats: 10 picket boatsgf, seven whaleboatsg and severdl J, and R boats. Mitch of the time spent in follow 'ing .her unusual, assignment was spent by 'the Carter Hal in advance lmftleiareas. Af Leyte her-guxrners were runofficially crediter. wit, knocking down two Japanese Plame: Qrewmen who have imc: aboard' her since the ship snuff., the Pacific, rate four battle stat. on the Asiatic-Pacific cave 'gp ribbon and two on the P.-1 lppin. Liberation ribbon. ' ,C0!'l0enl5l'3tGd 01' Ra0.fn1i'g ,Since her arrival in Shanghai, the Carter Hall has concentrsiui on dry-docking srnail craft io: ye- pairs, The occasion for her most recent sinking was a US, gg,- hoat which had tangtci 1 Jing in its propeller. So realistic was -the 'lsgnkfnqn that a merchant liberty ship direct- V astern of the Carter Hall Hinhsd ine following message: You -.ppear to be sinking, Db you neeo help' ' I gF0vn..CZ1.Ilif' rt: 'Li we I 'lwQ'YQ, us, going sinus. , I him he rigs- bm ll' 'M'

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I 9 -4-1' 3', ' is ff i1qQ,U17-ff K -4-t av F ., '?t'K5 , a E ,I -ug. IV , The ship prior to 04 deck modification. however, her sentence was commuted and she was recommissioned and sent to Norfolk, Virginia. Nineteen fifty-five found LSD-3 return- ing to the Pacific as a member of the Seventh Fleet. Upon completion of this tour she participated in Artic Operations con- ducted in July, 1956. The following years found Carter Hall actively engaged in both the Eastern and Western Pacific, taking part in such operations as Surfboard, fSkijump, Jolly Roger, Mount Out, Greenlight, and Silver- lance. The present finds Carter Hall senior to all LSD's in length of service but one, meeting her commitments as a member of Phibron Seven. Other ships may 'come and go, but Carter Hall goes on...and on... and on. if

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gf- wg! I 5? A t l Mi: Ll' Q51 THE CARTER HALL PLANTATIO Carter Hall was built between the years 1792 and l800 by Col. Nathaniel Burwell 0750- l8l4j. He built Carter Hall as a summer home for his large family to protect them from the heat and the dreaded fever of tideWater . Burwell had inherited this tract of over five thousand acres from his father, Carter Burwell. The Carter Hall house is built of lime- stone native to the area. There are large detached dependencies of like structure to east and west for the kitchen and school house. The Greek Revival portico on the front with the six two-story Doric columns, added in 1830, are the result of designs submitted by Dr. William Thorton, a friend of Col. BurWell's son, George Harrison Burwell. Carter Hall still stands today, a stately monument of the past, and a living Eeminder of the ship named after her. -' - A .