Carter Hall (LSD 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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III, ,917-1 X ,L The ship prior to removal of 5 gun. QQ ' 99 Our' Hlstory The commissioning pennant hung limp for a brief second and then began to flutter in the gentle breeze. The calendar read September, l943...the beginning of Carter Hall LSD-3, the beginning of twenty three years and more of duty and service. World War ll found Carter Hall first seeing action in the battle of New Borneo and Buna, New Guinea in 1944. A few months later she won battle stars for participating in the Admiralty Islands campaign and the invasion of Guam. ln September, 1944 she landed troops in the invasion of Moratai Island and then added another star for invasion of Leyte. Throughout the remainder of the war, Carter Hall transported vital cargo in the amphibious assaults on the islands of Balikpapan, Borneo, and Hollandia. The end of the war marked the beginning of Carter Hall's brief internment with the infamous mothballs, the U. S. Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego, California. ln 1951,

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il' . yi -:V f xii -75155 ' Z THE CAPTAIN SPEAKS. The good ship CARTER HALL went forth in May of 1965 into the vast reaches of the Pacific and steamed home some ten months later. in March of 1966 confident in the knowledge that her labors and sacrifices had contributed greatly to America's noble efforts to bring peace and stability to South- east Asia. That every mission was successfully completed can be attributed to the competent men of CARTER HALL who performed their duties most creditably. That all dangers-natural and otherwise- were surmounted safely is testimony to the skill, determination and resourcefulness of her brave crew who met the challenge of attacks which never came, or of raging seas, or of long, lonely watches, or of powerful Monsoon winds, or of the sheer boredom of swinging to anchor day after day, month after monthfin forlorn faraway anchorages. All this and the ,.-.. egsprgitfand-.teamwork which made cARTEBE?iTff4iifiLL'S 1965-66 WESTPAC Cruise possible are encompassed by the recolleqtighsiif of this cruise book which I hope willifnifemindu all who participated in the cruise-that be rightfully proud of past accomplishments well pphn done, and fully confident of surmounting Chal- lenges. Good men withgood good -f .. ,.,si sta . jobs and make a betterglifeyifQE13g3'E3i3,ll.ifg1ank1nd possible! A 'f' 'A 'fir --ga., ' ,:' 4'1?f'z1g ' x wif ,Pi

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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