Carter Hall (LSD 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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AN ULD CLIPPING Glue Glenna Erase Em 160 Chung Cheng Road SHANGHAI SATURDAY DECEMBER 1 1946 Telephone 12128 Ed ltilfifh L Deliberate Scuttlmg F oatmg Dr dock Vessel Wlmessed On hangpoe In full View of scores of nearby rxver craft an 8000 ton naval acxx hary the USS Carter Hall yesl terday mornmg sank at 1ts moormgs ln the Whangpoo None of the crew of 225 men and 15 otlxcers suffered myury nor was any material damage to the 457 foot vessel apparent as she settled in rmdstream Dutmg the haul and' a hall 1t took the Carter Hall to go down perfect order and elm relgned throughout the shxp Y P 'the Carrier Hall arent Commander Henry L Jost Jr USNR of Bel ton Mo was not ln the least per .turbed over the mcxdent She ll be up tomorrow and just-l Qs -,sod as ever was lns onli? fdlllmeq asf' Of Scuttlmz' lu-nt mvestrgatxon revealed hu? It s a case of deliberate scuttlxni, 'fearrzed out at Lleut KCom1pai'l er Josts own orders It art of the day s work Such vxsxts as yesterday's trap to Davy Joness locker are common,-. Qlaha an -the lslstorv of the Carter Hall She has been sunk more tha. 500 times m nearly three years o o eratmg m the Pacxfxc and has aways bobbed up agam ready for her next ass1gnment She was buxlt that way The fact of the matter IS that the Carter Hall 1S one of the US Ntrvvs newest type shrps w'LSfD' whxch stands for landing ohrp, dock Maru-le archxtects have des1,gned tl-ns type of vessel so that lt can be submerged to vary mg depths up to a maxz um of 27 feet m order to allow r all craft to float mto rts mrdsechon Then Gale Closes When these cral have me d e well 1 a ed l ou a gate n the s u o the sh 3 he gate rs closed 1 cl water z yxrnpeo on ol the shxl la. t L3 la he end of tw: ho rs rr so of Lump lnq the shlp gut 1 xts :rma we h tml ne well s ery he mall cralt ID h well are read: to b worked on all the way from the el up When the craft IB ready to be discharged, the ballast tanks are failed with water the gate lowered, and Soon the repaxred boat allbat m the well and able to ,leave u der 1ts own .power s Its al as snnple m prxnclplo as the hotel elevator that goes from 910 With floor to the basement and 'backf' 'llpe Carter Halls yob as 4 sea 20mg elevator falls xnto two WPB8 She handles both frexght and passenger trafflc Not only 4028 She Clip down lor ships that must be dI'YCl0cked for repalr but she 3150 fakes aboard numerous landing craft and troop personnel fo' f-'anBPort to dxstant island leases, I-13,5 Seen A Lot I In her lxne ot duty as a boat ind gtroop transport, and drydeck the tCarte:' Hall has operated at New lG'11ll1!B,, the Admxralty Islands, thel Solomon Islands, the Marshalls the IMar1auz-ls, the New Hebndes, the Plfllzp mes the Palaus, lNew Bn ,ta1n, orneo, Okmawa Korea. ana. Shanfhax A rough 1dea of her capaclby as a fe mg ship can be gxven by the nunp s of small 1-raft she trams ported to strategic areas fh to I includes approxxmately 120 amph b10!15 tanks, 30 tank carrymg land ini craft more than 600 medium flandmg craft .400 personnel land mg craft dozen mlantry land g craft, 'three PT boats 10 pxcket meats, seven whaleboats, ann. several J and R boats Much of the tune spent nm mg her unusual battle areas A T w e unoffxc knocking down two an planes Crewmen who aboard her smce the s ll the Pacific, rate four na on the As1at1cPacl rc rzbbon and two on me 1 Lxberatxon nbbon Concentrated On Repairs Slade her arnval xu Shanghai the Carter Hall has concentrated on dry docking small craft for re Vpairs The occaszon for her most recent smkmg was a US gun boat wluch had tangled a lme m 1ts propeller So xealxstlc was the smkxng that 3 merchant lnberty sbt direct ly astern of the Carter Hal blmlled uthe followmg message You appear to be smkmg you need help? 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