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Carter, Worrall Reed, RADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Yarmouth, ME
Last Address 1553 Cloncurry Rd Norfolk, VA
Date of Passing Jul 22, 1975
Location of Interment Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Rear Admiral Carter was born on the SS Storm King in the Pacific Ocean
Enter "the secret weapon," as Admiral Nimitz called Service Squadron Ten. Commodore Worrall R. Carter survived Pearl Harbor to devise the miraculous mobile service force that made it possible for the Navy to move toward Japan in great jumps instead of taking the slow and costly alternative of capturing a whole series of islands on which to build a string of land bases.
Other Comments:
"From 7 December 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, until they admitted defeat in August 1945, our fleet continuously grew. During those stirring and difficult times, the accounts of ship actions, air strikes, and amphibious operations make up the thrilling combat history of the Pacific theater. Linked inseparably with combat is naval logistic support, the support which makes available to the fleet such essentials as ammunition, fuel, food, repair services in short, all the necessities, at the proper time and place and in adequate amounts. This support, from advanced bases and from floating mobile service squadrons and groups, maintained the fleet and enabled it to take offensive action farther from home supply points than was ever before thought possible."
