- World War II operations
- Sound School assignment
- Decommissioning
- See also
- References
- External links
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}}{{Infobox Ship Career | Hide header= | Ship country= | 1944}} | Ship name=Carolita | Ship namesake= Original name retained | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Germaniawerft, Kiel | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= 1923 | Ship acquired=by purchase, 1 April 1942 | Ship commissioned= 6 November 1942 | Ship decommissioned= 28 February 1944 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate= Used as a target ship | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship type= Patrol boat | 236|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} | 133|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} | 23|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 10|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion= | 14|kn|lk=in}} | Ship complement= | 3|in|mm|abbr=on}} gun | Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | USS Carolita (PYC-38) was a patrol boat in the United States Navy. Carolita was built in 1923 as Ripple by Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany; purchased by the Navy on 1 April 1942 from Herman G. Buckley, of Chicago, Illinois; and commissioned on 6 November 1942, Lieutenant (junior grade) A. W. Anderson, USNR, in command. World War II operations Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, on 16 December 1942, Carolita, operated there until 3 August 1943 when she departed for Key West, Florida, via Norfolk, Virginia, and repairs at Miami, Florida. Sound School assignment She served with the Sound School from 8 September 1943, helping to train men in the techniques of anti-submarine warfare. Decommissioning Carolita was decommissioned on 28 February 1944 and used as a target. See also - List of United States Navy ships
- World War II
- Patrol boat
References - {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/carolita.html}}
External links- {{navsource|12/1438|USS Carolita}}
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