Harpers Ferry Class Dock Landing Ships - USS Carter Hall, USS Harpers Ferry, USS Pearl Harbor, USS Oak Hill, Harpers Ferry Class Dock Landing Ship (Paperback)

Chapters: Uss Carter Hall, Uss Harpers Ferry, Uss Pearl Harbor, Uss Oak Hill, Harpers Ferry Class Dock Landing Ship. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 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. 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. 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. On 2 June 2007, the Carter Hall enga...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=150990