USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 22 December 1989 |
| Laid down: | 11 November 1991 |
| Launched: | 2 October 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1995 |
| Homeport: | NAB Little Creek, Virginia |
| Motto: | Working for Peace, Ready for War! |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,471 tons (light) 16,360 tons (full) |
| 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 MW) |
| Speed: | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2 LCACs |
| Complement: | 22 officers, 397 enlisted Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge |
| Armament: | 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns |
USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) is a Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Carter Hall, an estate near Winchester, Virginia, built in the 1790s.
Carter Hall was laid down on 11 November 1991, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La.; launched on 2 October 1993; and commissioned on 30 September 1995.
As of 2008, Carter Hall, is homeported at NAB Little Creek, Virginia, and assigned to Amphibious Squadron Six.
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[edit] 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 Whidbey Island-class. A significant difference between the two classes is that Carter Hall's well deck has been shortened from 440 feet (134 m) to 180 feet (55 m). This provides Marines with added vehicle and cargo storage areas. The well deck can hold two Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCAC) and a variety of landing craft and tracked amphibious assault vehicles. Carter Hall's two-spot flight deck can land and service any helicopter in the Navy and Marine Corps inventory.
[edit] Deployments
Carter Hall and her plankowner crew departed on their first six-month Mediterranean deployment on 29 April 1997.
Her crew completed a UNITAS/WATC Deployment from 24 July 1999 until 15 December 1999.
In 2001, Carter Hall deployed to the Mediterranean from 15 April to 15 October 2001.
[edit] Somalia
On 2 June 2007, the Carter Hall engaged pirates after they boarded the Danish ship Danica White off the coast of Somalia. She destroyed three small boats being towed behind the captured vessel, but was unable to pursue after the vessel entered Somalian waters.[1][2][3]
[edit] 2010 Haiti earthquake
On 13 January 2010, the Carter Hall was ordered to assist the humanitarian efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "U.S. Warship Fires Warning Shots Over Vessel Boarded by Pirates Off Somali Coast". Fox News. 5 June 2007. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,278135,00.html. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- ^ "Navy: U.S. ship fired at pirates off Somalia". Associated Press. 6 June 2007. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-06-06-us-navy-pirates_N.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- ^ "U.S. warship can't stop pirates off Somalia". CNN. 6 June 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/06/06/pirates/. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- ^ Bacon, Lance M. (2010-01-13). "Carl Vinson, 6 Other Ships Headed to Haiti". Navy Times. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/01/navy_vinson_haiti_011310w/. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
[edit] External links
- USS Carter Hall official website
- navsource.org: USS Carter Hall
- nvr.navy.mil: USS Carter Hall
- navysite.de: USS Carter Hall
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