USS Charles Carroll (APA-28)
USS Charles Carroll (APA-28) underway November 1943, location unknown
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| Name: | USS Charles Carroll (APA-28) |
| Namesake: | Charles Carroll, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel |
| Launched: | 24 March 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs C. W. Flesher |
| Christened: | Deluruguay |
| Acquired: | 13 August 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 13 August 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 April 1948 |
| Renamed: | USS Charles Carroll |
| Reclassified: | AP-58 to APA-28, 1 February 1943 |
| Struck: | 27 December 1946 |
| Identification: | MCV Hull Type C3P-Delta, MCV Hull No. 150 |
| Honours and awards: |
Six battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate: | Sold, 1 April 1977, broken for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Crescent City class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 8,409 tons (lt), 14,247 t.(fl) |
| Length: | 491 ft |
| Beam: | 65 ft 6 in |
| Draft: | 25 ft 8 in |
| Propulsion: | 1 x General Electric geared drive turbine, 2 x boilers, designed shaft horsepower 7,800 |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
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| Complement: | Officers 58, Enlisted 554 |
| Armament: | 4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x twin Bofors 40mm gun mounts, 18 x single20mm gun mounts. |
USS Charles Carroll (APA-28) was a Crescent City-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.
Charles Carroll was named after a signatory to the American Declaration of Independence. Initially classified a transport ship, AP-58, the ship was launched as Deluruguay 24 March 1942 by Bethlehem Steel of Sparrows Point, Maryland; acquired by the Navy 13 August 1942; and commissioned the same day, Commander H. Beisemeier in command.
The transport departed Norfolk, Virginia, 24 October 1942 in the Center Attack Group for the landings in North Africa, and on 8 November arrived off Fedhala, French Morocco, to begin the difficult landing of soldiers and their equipment over a beach whose narrow entrance was confined by rocky entrances. Her untried boat crews completed their part in the landing successfully, and on 15 November, Charles Carroll got underway for Norfolk, which she reached 26 November.
After replenishment, she sailed 27 December, bound for the Pacific, but while approaching the Canal Zone, struck a mine, and had to put into Balboa for repairs. On 1 February 1943, she was reclassified APA-28, and in March 1943 returned to Chesapeake Bay for training operations. On 8 June, the attack transport sailed for action once more. She carried the 40th Engineer Combat Regiment from Hampton Roads to Oran to Sicily.
Arriving at Oran 22 June 1943, Charles Carroll rehearsed, then loaded, for the assault on Sicily, and on 10 July, began putting troops ashore through the heavy surf of the Scoglitti beaches. Remaining off Sicily for 6 days, the attack transport repeatedly fired on attacking planes in the furious German air attacks on the assault forces.
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