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USS CARTER

(DE-112)

The Mighty Pill

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DE-112 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV 1943 Keel Date: 19 NOV 1943
at Dravo Corporation Wilmington Delaware
FEB 1944 Launch Date: 29 FEB 1944
MAY 1944 Commissioned: 3 MAY 1944
APR 1946 Decommissioned: 10 APR 1946

DE-112 General Specifications

Class: Cannon-class destroyer escort

Named for: Jack Carter

Complement: 15 Officers and 201 Enlisted

Displacement: 1240 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 36 feet

Flank Speed: 21 knots

Range: 10 800 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to the Republic of China 14 December 1948