Carter, Arthur Lee, CWO3

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Chief Warrant Officer 3

Last Service Branch
Repair Technician

Last Primary NEC
724X-Warrant Officer - Repair Technician - Submarine

Last Rating/NEC Group
Warrant Officer

Primary Unit
1948-1951, FC-0000, NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

Service Years
1936 - 1964

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Personal Details

Home State

Ohio

Year of Birth
1919

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Contact Info

Last Address San Diego, CA
Date of Passing Sep 23, 2010
Location of Interment Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery (VA) - San Diego, California	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section CBJ, Row 5, Site 18

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Art served onboard USS Bowfin (SS-287) from commissioning in May 1943 until the end of the war. Making all 9 war patrols.

Art Carter was the 47th President of the San Diego Chapter of Submarine Veterans of WWII. He was first elected President in 2005 and served in this position until his passing in September 2010.

Other Comments:

Service number: 4133000

1946-1948, FC-0000, USS Piper (SS-409)

From Month/Year June / 1946	To Month/Year December / 1948
Unit USS Piper (SS-409) Unit Page
Rank Chief Fire Controlman	NEC FC-0000-Fire Controlman
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

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USS Piper (SS-409) Details

Career

Builder:	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine [1]
Laid down:	15 March 1944[1]
Launched:	26 June 1944[1]
Commissioned:	23 August 1944[1]
Decommissioned:	16 June 1967[1]
Struck:	1 July 1970[1]
Fate:	Sold for scrap, June 1971[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:	Balao class diesel-electric submarine [2]
Displacement:	1,526 tons (1,550 t) surfaced[2] 2,401 tons (2,440 t) submerged[2]
Length:	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)[2]
Beam:	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2]
Draft:	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) maximum[2]
Propulsion:	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-�?? 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators [2][3] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries [4] 2 × low-speed direct-drive Elliott electric motors [2] two propellers [2] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[2] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[2]
Speed:	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[4] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[4]
Range:	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)[4]
Endurance:	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[4] 75 days on patrol
Test depth:	400 ft (120 m)[4]
Complement:	10 officers, 70–71 enlisted[4]
Armament:	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes[4] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun [4] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel

Parent Unit
Submarines

Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By

ET McPhillips, Thomas, Jr. (SS), ET3(SS)

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Last Updated: Jul 20, 2020

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5 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Piper (SS-409)

Tyree, Alexander Kelly, CAPT, (1936-1966)	OFF	Commander
Beach, Jr., Edward Latimer, CAPT, (1939-2002)		Lieutenant Commander
Sayles, Paul, LCDR, (1943-1971)		Petty Officer First Class
Ebert, Walter Gale, RADM, (1930-1950)		Captain
Ramirez de Arellano, Marion, CAPT, (1935-1961)		Commander