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A fact from USS Carteret appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 February 2008, and was viewed approximately 202 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that sixteen ships of the US Navy's Gilliam class, including Banner, Carteret, Dawson (pictured), Gasconade and Geneva, were expended as atomic bomb targets after barely two years of service?

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The Cruise of the USS Carteret[edit]

The following is the ship's log itinerary provided by Midshipman Clifford Bunks:

THE CRUISE OF THE CARTERET (APA-70)

Itinerary Location Time Date Left: San Diego, California U.S.A. 12:00 1-24-45 Arrived: Pearl Harbor, T.H. 15:00 1-30-45 Left: Pearl Harbor, T.H. 15:30 2-3-45 Arrived: Saipan, Marianas 07:30 2-14-45 Crossed: International Date Line E - W 09:30 2-7-45 Left: Saipan, Marianas 08:15 2-16-45 Arrived: Iwo Jima, Volcanoes 04:45 2-19-45 H-Hour: Casualties extremely heavy. 09:00 Army Medical Department Personnel on board were of great assistance. Left: Iwo Jima, Volcanoes 20:00 3-2-45 Arrived: Saipan, Marianas 07:45 3-5-45 Transferred all Iwo Jima casualties to AGO #148 Left: Saipan, Marianas 20:30 3-6-45 Arrived: Guam, Marianas 09:00 3-7-45 Left: Guam, Marianas 14:30 3-7-45 Passed: Eniwetok, Marshalls 15:00 3-11-45 Crossed: Equator North to South 02:55 3-14-45 Sighted: Solomons (Florida, St. Isabel) 07:45 3-16-45 Arrived: Tulagi, Solomons 14:30 3-16-45 Left: Tulagi, Solomons 07:30 3-17-45 Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomons 09:00 3-17-45 Left: Guadalcanal, Solomons 14:30 3-17-45 Sighted: New Hebrides Islands 06:50 3-19-45 Arrived: Espirtu Santos, New Hebrides 16:20 3-19-45 Took aboard troops 27th Army Division Left: Espirtu Santos, New Hebrides 08:30 3-25-45 Passed: Malaita, Solomons 14:45 3-27-45 Crossed: Equator South to North 20:18 3-30-45 Arrived: Ulithi, Carolines 11:00 4-3-45 Left: Ulithi, Carolines 12:15 4-4-45 Arrived: Okinawa, Ryukus 07:35 4-9-45 Encountered daily enemy air raids. Navy casualties high. Two (2) crew members wounded in air raid. Left: Okinawa, Ryukus 14:00 4-16-45 Arrived: Saipan, Marianas 07:45 4-20-45 Left: Saipan, Marianas 17:15 4-21-45 Arrived: Ulithi, Carolines 07:30 4-23-45 Ship completely repainted. Liberty Parties to Mog Mog and Fuitibal. Left: Ulithi, Carolines 06:00 5-16-45 Arrived: Anguar, Palaus 14:30 5-17-45 Left: Anguar, Palaus 08:30 5-21-45 Arrived: Kayangel, Palaus 15:15 5-21-45 Left: Kayangel, Palaus 16:30 5-21-45 Arrived: Leyte, Philippines 12:45 5-23-45 Left: Leyte, Philippines 13:30 5-23-45 Arrived: Cebu, Philippines 08:00 5-24-45 Received Orders to return to San Francisco. Left: Cebu, Philippines 14:30 5-30-45 Arrived: Leyte, Philippines 10:00 5-31-45 Left: Leyte, Philippines 06:00 6-2-45 Arrived: Samar, Philippines 09:45 6-2-45 Left: Samar, Philippines 07:15 6-3-45 Passed: Eniwetok, Marshalls 12:30 6-10-45 Crossed: International Date Line W - E 22:50 6-13-45 Arrived: Pearl Harbor, T.H. 16:18 6-17-45 Left: Pearl Harbor, T.H. 16:00 6-20-45 Arrived: San Francisco, California, USA 06:00 6-27-45 Left: San Francisco, California, USA 09:00 6-29-45 Arrived: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 06:30 7-2-45 Left: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 12:30 7-17-45 Arrived: Pearl Harbor, T.H. 17:00 7-24-45 Left: Pearl Harbor, T.H. 18:45 7-30-45 Crossed: International Date Line W - E 12:00 8-3-45 Arrived: Eniwetok, Marshalls 10:30 8-7-45 Left: Eniwetok, Marshalls 15:00 8-10-45 Arrived: Ulithi, Carolines 11:00 8-14-45 1st Official News of Japanese Surrender 09:07 8-15-45 Left: Ulithi, Carolines 07:00 8-28-45 Arrived: Ie Shima, Ryukus 10:15 9-1-45 Left: Ie Shima, Ryukus 08:45 9-2-45 Arrived: Okinawa, Ryukus 14:00 9-2-45 Left: Okinawa, Ryukus 14:00 9-7-45 Arrived: Leyte, Philippines 10:30 9-11-45 Left: Leyte, Philippines 15:15 9-12-45 Arrived: Panay, Philippines 16:30 9-13-45 Left: Panay, Philippines 15:00 9-15-45 Arrived: Jinsen, Korea (Mainland of Asia)13:18 9-22-45 Left: Jinsen, Korea 12:30 9-25-45 Arrived: Samar, Philippines 16:30 9-30-45 Left: Samar, Philippines 13:45 10-1-45 Arrived: Leyte, Philippines 16:30 10-1-45 Left: Leyte, Philippines 12:15 10-4-45 Arrived: San Fernando, Luzon,Philippines 15:00 10-6-45 Left: San Fernando, Luzon,Philippines 15:30 10-10-45 Arrived: Jinsen, Korea 16:00 10-16-45 Left: Jinsen, Korea 14:00 10-21-45 Arrived: Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan 10:30 10-23-45 Left: Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan 18:00 10-24-45 Arrived: Okinawa, Ryukus 10:45 10-25-45 Left: Okinawa, Ryukus 12:00 10-27-45 Crossed: International Date Line E - W 06:00 11-5-45 Arrived: Portland, Oregon U.S.A.2601:246:4901:B9E0:D4D:C740:E777:8730 (talk) 22:06, 12 May 2021 (UTC)<original document><provided by Clifford W. Bunks>[reply]