USS Carteret (APA-70)

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:armament 1 × 5 in (127 mm) gun
10 × 20 mm guns
4 × 40 mm guns
gptkbp:awards 1 battle star (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 58 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Consolidated_Steel_Corporation
gptkbp:class LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:commissioned 2 February 1945
gptkbp:complement 320 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 29 May 1946
gptkbp:displacement 4,247 tons (light)
gptkbp:draught 16 ft
gptkbp:fate Sunk during Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Carteret (APA-70)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:APA-70
gptkbp:laidDown 15 September 1944
gptkbp:launched 3 December 1944
gptkbp:length 426 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Carteret_County,_North_Carolina
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel engines
gptkbp:speed 16.9 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 August 1947
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:LST-1-class_tank_landing_ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6